Even now it remains more difficult to get to than most other Maya sites (save for Yaxchilán, which still requires a one-hour jungle boat ride to reach). Bonampak means "painted walls" in Maya ...

Its walls and buildings are adorned with frescoes ... the social and economic dynamics of the late classical period of the ...

Video by Andy Bardon of Mayan Smith-Gobat climbing The Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite. Absolute void, small overlaps, ever steepening terrain and a beautiful crack which begins with poor jams and ...

Criteria (i): Palenque is an incomparable achievement of Mayan art. The structures are characterized by a lightness which resulted from the new construction techniques and drainage methods that were ...

Including the moat, the Maya temple has seven layers and is mostly composed of Chiseled Stone, Grass, Leaves, Moss, Mossy Cobblestone, Mossy Cobblestone Stairs and Walls, and Vines. This Mayan ...