Founded in about 1000 A.D., the Mayapan Archeological Zone was once the capital of the Yucatan and the hub of social and political activities. Between then and around 1440 – when the city was ...
Preserved almost like Pompeii Farther north, at centers such as Mayapan, pyramids and temples stayed in business until the arrival of Spain's conquistadors in the 1500s. The Maya people themselves ...