The Aztec, Olmec, and Maya of Mesoamerica are known ... roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua (regional map). Ancient rubber makers harvested latex from rubber trees and mixed ...

researchers believe the Olmecs might have transported the rocks using rafts, sleds, log rollers, and other techniques attributed to the builders of ancient megaliths around the world. The heads ...

Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

The authorities in Monemvasia, founded in the sixth century, say people with limited mobility need access to the town’s peak.

1 of 13 Archaeologists study a colossal Olmec stone head in La Venta ... to be the inspiration for the biblical Garden of Eden. Ancient human figurines have been found. Some of the oldest known ...

It formed about a thousand years after Mesopotamia’s Sumer, at around the same time the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The Caral people predate the more-famous Olmec civilization ...

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known ...

Crews installed a 20,000-pound stone Olmec head in the Lied Jungle at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium on Thursday. Crews installed a 20,000-pound stone Olmec head in the Lied Jungle at the Henry ...

For many years, scientists simply mapped these "gardens" to calculate the yield of the ancient islanders' crops ... It is known that the Olmecs had three major cities: San Lorenzo, La Venta ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.

But some observations suggest that ancient Mars may have been warmer, wetter and more favorable for life. Even though scientists observing the surface of Mars conclude that it was once warmer than ...