Just a five-minute stroll northwest of the Acropolis – and separated from it by a stream – you´ll find a lesser known landmark of Greece´s capital, whose name translates...
12/07/2023
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archaeological sites
David Escribano
Guatemala's northernmost department (like a state or province), Petén, is also not only its largest, but home to most of its ancient Mayan archaeological sites. Tikal is by...
19/04/2018
Progettocrema
Some of the world’s most famous ruins can be found in this expansive, steamy lowland peninsula covering the southern Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo (as well...
15/06/2017
photo: Fernando Pallares
I will never forget, nearly 40 years ago, laying eyes for the first time on my first ancient archaeological site. About an hour’s drive north of Mexico City,...
27/06/2016
The foothills of the world’s highest coastal mountain range, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, meet the Caribbean at Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia’s second most visited national reserve....
07/03/2016
Stashed away in the steamy jungles of Petén, in Guatemala's northeast, Tikal, which means "place of the voices," is the greatest of the ancient Mayan cities, and one of...
15/05/2014
