Uxmal’s design and craftsmanship reflect the social and economic dynamics of the late classical period of the Maya, providing ...

Contemporary with Palenque and Tikal, Uxmal is an architectural gem whose buildings reflect a renaissance of Maya building that took place in the seventh to nine centuries A.D. The architectural ...

Its name means 'flag of the Maya people', and it was the capital of a powerful union of states that eventually included Uxmal and Chichén Itzá. Image caption, This is Uxmal. In the background ...

Throughout this exhibition, Catherwood illustrates the Maya ruins along with indigenous people. This print illustrates a sense of discovery, seen by the Maya man walking inside the ruin. Catherwood ...

His unpublished works and entire collection of Maya artifacts were lost in a fire in 1842, except a few stone artifacts that had been delayed in shipping from Uxmal. Catherwood also took daguerreotype ...