Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. Using drones and Google Earth imagery, ...

Beneath the Teotihuacan pyramid in Mexico, the remains of 2,000-year-old flower offerings were discovered within an ...

The Apsara National Authority (ANA) has successfully completed the restoration of the head of a Makara sculpture, part of an ancient drainage system, located at the dam in Siem Reap province’s Teuk ...

1511. Spanish explorers become some of the first Europeans to make contact with the Maya.

Genius or madman? A new exhibition may help you decide An exhibition of ancient Maya art points up the opulence and violence of the great Mesoamerican civilization A new exhibit showcases the ...

The archaeology lab in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex is filled with hundreds of boxes of wood from the buildings of the ancient Maya civilization, representing years of work by LSU alumna and ...

Should art museums be showing art history? Or cultural history, which isn't the same thing? Getty and LACMA exhibitions give ...

The art depicts what is believed to be a key figure in the creation story of the ancient Maya. C. ...

Special concoction also contained honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice, and grapes to make it look like blood.

Compiled by the New 7 Wonders Foundation, a non-profit focused on preserving and promoting cultural heritage, the winners ...

He employed excavators such as Giovanni Belzoni to remove sculptures, including the colossal bust of Ramesses II. Later acquisitions came increasingly from well-documented archaeological excavations.

Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria, the strange symbols date to around 2400 B.C.E.—500 years before other known alphabetic scripts Sonja Anderson The "Gladiator" sequel centers on Lucius ...