When a Mexican archaeologist began digging beneath the Temple of the Inscriptions in 1949, he uncovered a jade-masked king ...

The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most popular among the Mesoamerican civilizations, but the Olmecs came first.

Deep inside a biosphere reserve on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, archaeologists have mapped an ancient settlement that sat ...

Archaeologists uncover ancient stingray spines linked to Maya bloodletting rituals during rescue digs along Mexico's Maya ...

The finding challenges the idea that a mature tropical forest is always a purely "natural" system with no lasting human ...

Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities ...

Explore Maitland Art Center near Orlando, a Florida landmark filled with Mayan Revival architecture, intricate carvings, ...

The 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago marked one of the darkest days in American history. And like so much of American ...

In a congratulatory letter to the first UNESCO High-Level Forum on Museums in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in November 2016, Xi described museums as important places for protecting and passing on ...

How Florida’s ancient Calusa kingdom built weapons, mounds, and even islands entirely out of seashells.

The quinceañera celebration for Latinas turning 15 goes back centuries. Today, girls are updating those traditions to include ...

Civilisations are not built merely by monuments, machines, or empires; they are shaped by the invisible architecture of ideas, values, and dreams. From Plato’s quest for truth to postmodernity’s ...