Archaeologists uncover a massive Maya monument in Mexico, challenging long-held beliefs about ancient power and early ...

Globe-trotting couple Max and Maya show how a family prepares for Christmas in Sweden. Trump’s shutdown win just landed ...

Scholars have long known the Classic Maya (300-900 C.E.) were astronomers. Their pyramids at sites like Tikal and Chichen ...

His exquisite craft in mask-making seemed to speak across time and space with the artistry of "my uncle," a scion of a Chinese family of carpenters. The mask's soulful eyes conveyed the Mayan ...

The site's name, Patlachique, may derive from patla-achiuhcan, meaning "the place where exchanges are made to produce water," based on analysis of the glyph in the 16th-century Codex Vergara. This ...

Archaeologists have confirmed that Aguada Fénix, the largest and oldest known Maya monument, was designed as a massive cosmogram representing the Maya conception of the universe. New excavations at ...

Thailand's natural pools offer travelers a sense of wild wonder, but so too do the cenotes and pyramids of Mexico's Yucatán ...

A recently unearthed ancient monument in southeastern Mexico was built as a giant representation of the Mesoamerican universe ...

Among them is Cenote Azul, a 90-metre-deep hole surrounded by trees, with wooden docks and ropes to help you swim across.

Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the dinosaurs.

The world is packed with places that take your breath away, yet only seven get the official title of “world wonders.” That doesn’t mean the adventure stops there, in fact, some of the most incredible ...