Let’s hear it for ambitious kids! A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was ...

The incredible history here has been shaped by millennia of civilizations—from the ancient Minoans to the Venetians, Ottomans, and everything in between. But beyond its boundless heritage, Crete ...

Tossed into the sacred sinkhole Ancient Maya DNA shows male kids were sacrificed in pairs at Chichén Itzá Twins play an auspicious role in Maya mythology, most notably in the Popol Vuh.

Indeed, Lima's ancient Indigenous sites have, more often, been desecrated instead of safeguarded, says Giancarlo Marcone, a Peruvian archaeologist and professor at the University of Engineering ...