TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The rise and fall of the Maya Empire’s most powerful city | Geoffrey E. Braswell
During the 8th century CE, warfare and failing agriculture forced Maya people to move north, to hotter, drier Yucatán. Because of its freshwater access, Chichen Itza became the most powerful Maya city, with nearly 50,000 citizens at its...
Crash Course
Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222
In which John Green teaches you about water! So, we talk about resources a lot on Crash Course, and today is no exception. It turns out people can't live without water, which means it's absolutely necessary for civilization. Today John...
Curated Video
Exploring the Ancient Ruins and Natural Wonders of the Yucatan Peninsula
Yucatan, Mexico:"We head to Yucatan, the land where the ancient Mayans flourished to visit its majestic pyramids and discover this ancient civilization."
Jack Rackam
How to Topple an Empire with 600 Guys | The Life & Times of Hernan Cortes
How to Topple an Empire with 600 Guys | The Life & Times of Hernan Cortes
Weatherthings
Hurricane Michael - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
Hurricane Michael was a late-season storm in 2018 that grew to become the most powerful hurricane on record to hit the central Florida Panhandle. After landfall as a Category 4 storm, it remained a major hurricane, moving into Georgia....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alejandra Cabrera - Teaching in the Global Pandemic - Mexico
Alejandra Cabrera is a professor at Paccioli Xalapa University in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
NASA
NASA | Ancient Dry Spells Offer Clues About the Future of Drought
Ancient Meso-American civilizations of the Mayans and Aztecs likely amplified droughts in the Yucatan and southern Mexico by clearing rainforests to make room for pastures and farmland.
Next Animation Studio
Archeologists complete first ever LIDAR survey of ancient Mayan highway
Archeologists have used laser scanning to chart an ancient 100 km-long Mayan highway built 13 centuries ago.
Curated Video
Cortes, 16th century AD
Watch the fascinating story of the deadliest warrior in the Spanish Conquistadors - Hernon Cortes. The man responisble for the massacre and decline of the Regional Empire. Highlighting the strategies developed to over power and creating...
Curated Video
Mexcio, Chicen Itza Maya site
Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities and it was likely to have been one of the mythical great cities, or Tollans, referred to in later Mesoamerican literature. The city may have had the most diverse population in the Maya...
Curated Video
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico, could head toward Texas next
Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula early Friday morning just northeast of Tulum. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
At least 7 dead as hurricane Beryl storms through Caribbean en route for Mexico
The National Hurricane Center said Beryl has now been downgraded to a Category 3 storm but will continue pass through the Cayman Islands early Thursday morning before tracking toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. (Scripps News)
Bridgeman Arts
Western Yucatan, Mexico, 1971
A visit to Kabah is a Maya archaeological site in the Puuc region of western Yucatan, south of Mérida.
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Sea Shell Beach Mobiles
Mobiles made from sea shells blowing in the breeze on the island of Holbox in Mexico.
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Isla Mujeres Ocean View
Isla Mujeres, Mexico, Yucatan ocean view with waves looking over a cliff.
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Parrot in love
Two Scarlet Macaws,madly in love, caught on tape in mexico.CHECK THESE OTHER BIRDS SHOTS!
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Pink Flamingoes Floating in Celestun Mexico
Pink Flamingoes Floating in Celestun Mexico