The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya ...

We will trace the origins and development of Aztec civilization to ... the cultures of Mesoamerica, the Maya are best known for soaring temples, portraits of kings, a complex hieroglyphic writing ...

"It's increasingly clear that this was an extraordinary period of turbulence at Tikal," study coauthor Stephen Houston, an expert on Maya civilization at Brown University, said in a statement.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Archaeologists just made an incredible discovery deep in the jungle—a lost Maya city! Hidden for centuries, this ancient city was found using high-tech tools like lasers to scan through the dense ...

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

AP Photo/Matias Delacroix Three days after the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, collapsed early Tuesday, killing 221 people, the precise cause of the collapse ...

Report lacks clarity on nightclub collapse causes Experts continue investigation into structural failure Some 189 rescued, 17 still hospitalized and 221 killed SANTO DOMINGO, April 11 (Reuters ...

Dominican Republic authorities have ended their rescue operation and turned to recovery efforts following the collapse of a nightclub roof on Tuesday, which left more than 200 people dead. The ...

Many scholars who study population growth say pronatalists’ concerns about a looming civilization collapse are overblown. In the US and around the world, families are far smaller now than they ...

Pope Innocent XI hailed Sobieski as the "savior of Vienna and Western European civilization." King Jan Sobieski wrote to his wife, Queen Maria Kazimiera: "God Our Lord blessed for eternity has ...