Did the Minoans disappear after the Bronze Age? Or did they continue to exist as a distinct people among the inhabitants of Crete?

Learn more about Te K’ab Chaak, the first Maya king from Caracol whose tomb is rewriting the history of Maya-Mesoamerica ...

Te K'ab Chaak was a wealthy warrior king who rose to power in 331 C.E. His burial is the first royal tomb found in the ...

More than 40 years after uncovering Caana, the central architectural complex at Caracol, Belize, husband-and-wife ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...

Two University of Houston archaeologists have made scientific history with the discovery of a Mayan king's tomb in Belize.

New research suggests that they smashed animal bones into tiny pieces before boiling them to extract the high-calorie grease ...

Everyone seems to agree that ISIS is digging up and selling archaeological artifacts to make money. But no one seems to agree on how much money it’s actually making from its illegal antiquities trade: ...

At the edge of the Mediterranean, off the coast of modern-day Alexandria, an international team has recovered 22 immense ...

Archaeologists in Belize have uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first known ruler of Caracol and the tomb dates back ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that upends prior understandings of ancient Scottish history, archaeologists have unearthed ...

A section of the ancient complex, the age of which has long been debated, has been found to date back to between 4600 and ...