The Riviera Maya has another amazing archeological wonder to add to its list of tourist attractions.

Mexico’s National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH) said that they are recovering a great Mayan city, called Ichkabal, buried under tons of earth and jungle south of the Riviera Maya, 30 miles (50 km) from Chetumal.

Ichkabal’s 7,400 acre (3,000 hectare) area has structures more than 130 ft (40m) high and could provide new knowledge about the ancient Mayan civilization.

The site was originally discovered in the 1990s. It was constructed in the Pre-classic Mayan period, around 200 AD, possibly by the Peten Maya.

INAH said the new attraction will be ready to receive visitors in 2 years and will be incorporated into the cultural-tourism circuit with other magnificent ruins in the Mayan world.

*Picture above is of the Mayan ruins in Tulum, Mexico.

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