Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

Old Human-Sized Intricately Carved Mayan Mask Discovered, Made of Lime-Based Plaster Archaeologists have found several ...

Explore 8 powerful but lesser-known poems by Maya Angelou that reveal her depth, spirit, and poetic genius—perfect for ...

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

Two people have been arrested for scaling the Mayan Temple (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) One person who headed to the four-day-long celebration was a 38-year-old German man, who officials ...

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 in Mexico on March 21, People magazine ...

The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless artifacts — some of which experts now believe were previously overlooked. Experts believe they have ...

Getty A tourist visiting Mexico was arrested and later attacked after he climbed up the side of a historic Mayan temple ... Allegedly Jumped Fence and Stole Artifacts from Historic Cowboy Camp ...

Ancient Greek and Egyptian artifacts found in the biblical city of Megiddo. Credit: Immanuel Giel / CC BY-SA 4.0 Archaeologists have discovered new evidence at the ancient city of Megiddo in northern ...

Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient burial site at Tell Ruwad Iskandar in Egypt’s Ismailia Governorate, revealing ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian ...