At Far Horizons, we take pride in providing the top Central America archaeology tours. Find out more about our itineraries exploring the Maya and more!Read More
What is our World Heritage? The concept of World Heritage is remarkable. The Pyramids of Egypt, Angkor Wat, Easter, Island, Petra, Chichén Itzá…these make up our world’s heritage. World Heritage sites belong to all the peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on which they are located. They are irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration....Read More
Far Horizons specializes in upscale, educational tours throughout the world, each led by a renowned scholar who reveals the secrets and solves the mysteries of the sites we explore. Our small groups experience a wide range of journeys to countries where the boundaries of archaeological and historical knowledge are being tested and pushed ever outward....Read More
Five hundred years ago the first contact between the great civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europe was just beginning. But it did not begin with Cortes’ landing in Mexico in 1519. Eight years earlier, a small lifeboat from a shipwrecked Spanish vessel drifted ashore on the southern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. The local Maya did not...Read More
The Toltecs are the most mysterious and controversial group from ancient Mesoamerica. The interpretation of their importance to the greater cultural traditions of the region have ranged from seeing them as the “mother culture” from which all others sprang, to a group that didn’t even exist historically and were nothing but a figment of the Aztec...Read More
By R. Werner, Tour Member Pity the poor Maya archaeologists of yore who hacked their way through the dense tropical jungles of Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico for days, searching for some source of water to slake their parched throats or for a bite to eat. They possessed almost no understanding of the history of the...Read More
