Place: Temple 33 at the Mayan City of Yaxchilán Location: Border of Mexico & Guatemala along the Usumacinta River Visited: August 2006 Perched on the western bank of the Usumacinta River, Yaxchilán (“the place of green stones”) lay along the trade route between the two great Maya sites of Palenque and Tikal. But today it [...]

Place: El Palacio, Palenque National Park Location: Palenque, Mexico Visited: August 2006 The Palace at Palenque is a complex building, constructed at different times, divided into four main courtyards, with a maze of corridors and rooms that give shape to a rambling administrative and residential block. The site was discovered 1784. Explorers could see a [...]