NEW YORK (AP) — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, ...

Most major archaeological discoveries begin with years of fieldwork, expensive expeditions and painstaking excavation. The ...

We are standing in a ravine in southern Mexico’s Lacandon Jungle. The temperature tops 100 degrees. Sonic waves of cicada song roll over us. Tropical birds squawk and screech incessantly. A few feet ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico. This ancient site, with its intricate structures and carvings, offers a glimpse into the Maya ...

An archived environmental LiDAR data from Campeche, Mexico, did a lot more than map trees in 2024. It brought to light Valeriana, a massive ancient Maya city that had languished in an archaeological ...

Some people fear that breaking a mirror can lead to seven years of misfortune. The history of this superstition may go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who ascribed mysterious powers to ...