Currency in Belize. Stores, restaurants, and hotels take US Dollars or Belizean Dollars. The exchange rate is 1:2. One US Dollar equals two Belizean dollars.

May 13, 2002 -- Maya Indian Eligorio Sho will join Canadian environmentalists in Newfoundland this week to urge Fortis shareholders to scrap their company's plans for a hydro scheme that would flood ...

With its coral reefs, mystical Mayan ruins and explosion of tropical flowers, Belize is an eco-tourist paradise. But for some descendants of the tiny Central American country’s ancient Maya, the ...

The views of the Maya Mountains from Copal Tree Lodge in Toledo, the southernmost and least populated district in Belize, are ...

Caribbean beach towns cradled by an almighty barrier reef and showstopping Maya citadels half-buried in rainforest are among Belize’s crown jewels. But a journey through the small Central ...

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, including piercing, body painting, scarification, and tattooing. However ...

Belize's attractions include wildlife, Mayan ruins and one of the longest barrier reefs in the world. More than 200 islands nestle inside the reef. Cruise ship arrivals have seen a massive increase in ...

Take a tour of the Maya underworld—if you dare. There are hundreds of caves in Belize that served as portals to what the Maya called Xibalba—home to ancient death gods, rituals, and ...

In Santa Cruz, a Mopan Maya settlement tucked into the jungle in southern Belize, there’s a delicate balance between welcoming tourism and safeguarding tradition.

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization ...

In Santa Cruz, a Mopan Maya settlement tucked into the jungle in southern Belize, there’s a delicate balance between welcoming tourism and safeguarding tradition.