TIKAL NATIONAL PARK, Guatemala — This spectacular Mayan ruin nestled in northern Guatemala’s dense tropical jungle is about as far from civilization as you can get, but the wake-up calls are every bit ...

Explore the Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala, where we arrived at 4 AM to experience the site without crowds. Tikal boasts a ...

Nowadays, the ruins of Tikal, an ancient Maya city in northern Guatemala, have been largely reclaimed by the jungle. Howler monkeys jump from pyramid to pyramid. Bats hide in the crevices of abandoned ...

Ancient ruins possess something modern architecture rarely achieves — a kind of weathered drama that photographs beautifully ...

The ruins of Tikal are surrounded by a national park — 57,600 hectares of rainforest and wetlands. In comparison, the center of the city is small, about 400 hectares of temples, terraces, roads and ...

The groundbreaking discovery was made at the ancient ruins of Tikal, a complex of more than 3,000 Maya structures in Guatemala's Tikal National Park. Archaeologists have been exploring the site since ...

The Grand Square is at the epicenter of the site. Photo Credit: Tom Steighorst The ruins of Tikal, a Unesco World Heritage site deep in the jungle of Guatemala, are a lifetime checklist item for many ...