“Lost” cities, hidden to the outside world ... The local people, though, had known about the ruins and actually showed ...

Off to the east were the spectacular Maya pyramids and ruins of Tikal National Park ... including the large lost cities of Tintal and Nakbe, which is one of the oldest known Maya settlements ...

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

This decaying path leads further into the woods, towards the heart of “Lost City Forest.” The trail towards the ruins. Following this trail is punishing. Low-hanging branches and underbrush grab at ...

Since then, Petra’s fame has grown. UNESCO inscribed the city’s ruins as a World Heritage site in 1985, and the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade used Petra as a stage for some scenes.