Who were the Maya? Decoding the ancient civilization’s secrets The pyramid-building Maya reigned over much of Central America. Today, descendants keep Maya history alive—a sign of resilience. This ...

The fall of the world’s earliest cities has long looked like a riddle of vanished peoples and abandoned streets. A growing ...

History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

A new, immersive exhibit has arrived at the California Science Center — and it explores an ancient, bygone civilization. “Maya: The Exhibition,” which opened earlier this week and will run through ...

Archeologists beam lasers from the sky to unearth ancient settlements hiding in plain sight. Lidar uses laser pulses to penetrate dense vegetation, revealing human-built structures underneath. The ...

While Mel Gibson’s thrilling film “Apocalypto” attempted to depict a clear image of Mayan culture, it didn’t. There are in reality extensive gaps in our understanding of this civilization. In a recent ...

News. A man pretended to be his dead mother to collect her pension: the real Mrs. Doubtfire News. Earthquake in archaeology: a new study suggests that Neanderthals disappeared for a reason not ...