Mesoamerican cultures shaped the history of Central America through remarkable achievements in architecture, science, and society. Among the most influential were the Maya, who thrived in present-day ...

A Maya king’s tomb discovered in Belize offers the first proof of royal rule at Caracol and sheds light on early ties with ...

The Mayan city of Caracol has been researched for decades, but archaeologists only recently found a tomb of one of the city's ...

This basic tent comes in two- and four-person sizes, and is as easy to pack as it is to set up and break down. At 5.3 pounds, ...

The jade artifact, a hallmark of the Neolithic Hongshan culture, reminded her of ancient Japanese magatama beads and similar ...

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Celebrate World Chocolate Day by exploring how dark chocolate evolved from a sacred ritual to a brain-boosting, mood-lifting ...

The Tiwanaku civilization thrived high in the Andes Mountains long before the Inca Empire started. Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 ...