We were hovering now over the heart of the ancient city of El Mirador, once home to an estimated 200,000 people and the capital of a complex society of interconnected cities and settlements that ...

El Mirador has been here, just east of Chapultepec Park, since 1904, and still attracts a loyal all-day crowd for its terrific food and attentive, formal service.

Laser imaging of the rainforests of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have turned up thousands of ancient Maya structures ... Maya cities like Tikal and El Mirador after their inhabitants left ...