Sites of the Northern Maya Lowlands

A Photo Essay of the Maya Site of Acanceh, Yucatan
The Mayan site of Acanceh in the Yucatan Peninsula, is best known for the main building, decorated by giant stucco masks, and well suited for a photo essay.

Aké (Yucatan, Mexico)
Ake is one of the largest Maya cities in Yucatan, and its ancient ruins were visited by the John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood...

Chichén Itzá (Mexico)
Chichén Itzá is a large Maya and Toltec village and temple complex on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico.

Coastal Maya Sites along the Maya Riviera
If you're visiting the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, be sure to visit the Riviera Coast and the Mayan sites you find there.

Cobá (Mexico)
Cobá is the name of a large lowland Maya city located between two large lakes in east central Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Komchen (Yucatan, Mexico)
The Maya civilization site of Komchen was part of the important in production and trade of marine salt in ancient Mesoamerica.

Mayapan (Mexico)
Mayapan is located on the Yucatan Peninsula and one of the last capitals of the ancient Maya

Mayapan Walking Tour
Mayapan, a Maya archaeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula, is welll worth visiting. This walking tour describes some of the important buildings of the ancient city, which developed in the Late Postclassic period after the decline of Chichen Itza.

Oxkintok, Yucatan Peninsula
Oxkintok in the northern of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, reached its maximum height between the 5th and the 9th century AD.

The Maya Site of X’Cambó
X'Cambo in the Yucatan peninsula, was (and is) an important salt-making site for the Mayan civilization

Tikal (Guatemala)
The ruins of the Maya temple known as Tikal are located in the rain forest of the central Peten peninsula of Guatemala.