Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can rise, flourish and then disappear so completely that only scattered ruins hint at what was lost. Now a new wave of research is sharpening the ...

Cutting-edge LiDAR technology has revealed an astonishing secret concealed beneath the dense jungle canopy of Ecuador's Andean Chocó: hundreds of pre-Hispanic structures that dramatically expand our ...

Officials have unveiled the tomb of an ancient warrior, buried over 1,300 years ago by a long-forgotten people. King Saint Stephen Museum, located in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, announced the discovery ...

A cube-shaped skull that was discovered in Mexico provides rare insight into a 1,400-year-old Mesoamerican civilization’s social practices — which included deliberate deformation. The skull belonged ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake Titicaca. Known as Tiwanaku, it began as a humble farming village in the ...

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