ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the 1,700-year-old tomb of the earliest known ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol. The ...

Tucked deep in Cambodia’s northern jungles, far from Angkor’s crowds, lies Koh Ker is an ancient Khmer capital lost to time ...

Peñico was established in 1800 B.C., just after the 5,000-year-old Caral civilization fell due to climate change.

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

For centuries, the dense jungles of Mexico’s Campeche state hid one of the Maya civilization’s best-kept secrets. Beneath ...

Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes pull back curtain on lost society after 1,000 years The Tiwanaku society thrived around the highest navigable lake in the world – before their mysterious ...

An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most powerful civilizations. Known as Tiwanaku, the ancient society is widely ...

Map of archaeological sites related to the Tiwanaku civilization. Credit: J. Capriles et al. The temple, named Palaspata after the local name of the area, is located about 130 kilometers south of the ...

In the heart of Cambodia lies one of the most breathtaking wonders of the ancient world — Angkor. Sprawling across forests and fields, this vast complex of temp ...

Researchers Accidentally Discovered an Ancient Megacity in a Mexican Jungle Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

A Mayan city lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico has been revealed. The discovery occurred in the southeastern state of Campeche, and archaeologists have named it Valeriana, after a nearby ...