THIS is the long-sought after ancient temple that archaeologists have been ... This seemingly ended their influence in Ancient Rome, a civilisation lost to history, to be found 2,000 years later.

What seemed like natural hills have turned out to be long-lost pyramids. Ravines have been identified as remnants of ancient human-made structures. And what was considered simple trade has emerged ...

A Mayan city lost in the dense jungle of ... hidden for centuries beneath the thick Mexican jungle, unearthing pyramids, enclosed plazas, and an ancient reservoir. Luke Auld-Thomas, a PhD student ...

Egyptian officials announced in May the discovery of ancient ... temple in Italy built 2,000 years ago by traders from the Arabian deserts; and a vast Maya city that had been lost to the jungle ...

The site includes two plazas with temple pyramids where the Maya would have engaged in worship, hidden treasures like jade masks, and buried their dead. An ancient ball game was also likely played ...

There is also Temple IV, a 65m-tall (213ft) pyramid in the ruins of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in modern Guatemala. In the past, uncovering a Maya city involved wading through thick jungle ...

Not far from Angkor Wat, archaeologists have uncovered a network of ancient ... as a lost city, its buildings remained alive as places of pilgrimage for Cambodians — even as the jungle reclaimed ...