Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

The "romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated codex on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the ...

Tikal, one of the most powerful Maya city-states, became a rival in this network. Previous discoveries — such as the famous ...

Advert As well as being yelled at for trespassing, some watchers began reaching for the man, hitting him, and claiming he should have been ‘sacrificed’, as per tradition in ancient Maya civilization.

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

A German tourist paid the price for ignoring this proverb when he was arrested by the Mexican authorities after he was seen climbing a sacred Mayan temple ... pyramid by the ancient Mayans ...

Climbing the Mayan civilisation’s ancient pyramids is banned, both to respect the structures and from fear of damaging them. But that didn’t stop two tourists from launching themselves to the ...

A groundbreaking study using advanced radar technology has revealed a vast and intricate underground structure beneath the Pyramids of Giza. Scientists Corrado Malanga from the University of Pisa and ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...

While it’s true that an ancient Mayan calendar shocked thousands into thinking the world would end in 2012, the large, finely crafted ruins that now stand throughout southeastern Mexico and Central ...