New evidence says the Karnak Temple's first footprint rose on natural high ground that sat among ancient channels carved by ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers ...

Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by forest and fields before it was made public in 2020. Five years on, ...

A monumental complex built by the Maya around 3,000 years ago was modeled on a map of the cosmos, new fieldwork has revealed.

So we look with wonder at the intrepid men (because they were all men) who, centuries ago, sallied forth across an immense ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

No compass. No map. Just the stars, waves, and centuries of memorized knowledge. The Austronesians crossed thousands of miles of open ocean—by design, not by chance ...