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Dzibanché’s Eastern Complex

Well, OK -- I have a confession to make. I don't really know what this section of Dzibanché has actually been named. I do know that it's way out on the eastern end of the site, and has recently been...

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Pyramid of the Magician

The first thing you see once you're in the gate at the Maya ruins of Uxmal, Mexico... Continue reading →

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At the serpent’s mouth

At the foot of the stairs on the north face of El Castillo, in the Maya ruins of Chichén Itzá, Mexico... Continue reading →

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El Castillo

This is the north face of El Castillo (a.k.a., the Temple of Kukulkan) at the ruins of Chichén Itzá in Yucatán, Mexico... Continue reading →

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Building 1

At the Maya ruins of Dzibanché in Quintana Roo, Mexico... Continue reading →

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Snakes and people

Mosaic details in the Nunnery quadrangle at the ancient Maya ruins of Uxmal in Yucatán, Mexico... Continue reading →

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Calakmul Structure III

Structure III isn't the largest building at Calakmul, and it was likely never the fanciest, but it's by far the most interesting one there... Continue reading →

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Palace of the Governors

Likely the best surviving example of Puuc-style architecture, at the ancient Maya ruins of Uxmal, Mexico... Continue reading →

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Temple of the Cormorants

An angled shot of Building 2 (Temple of the Cormorants) at the ancient Maya ruins of Dzibanché in Quintana Roo, México... Continue reading →

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Offerings

A few years ago, we were fortunate to be able to visit the Actun Tunichil Muknal (Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre, a.k.a. ATM) cave in Belize... Continue reading →

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