An Egyptian-American team unearthed a large royal tomb for an unknown king belonging to the mysterious Abydos Dynasty, a ...

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board. The ...

A new exhibit exploring the ancient Mayan civilization has opened at the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, showcasing hundreds of artifacts from the Classic Period (around 250-1000 AD).

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with strong hierarchies (kings, priests, and planners) could organize massive ...

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ATLANTIS, the Seven Cities of Cibola, the Lost Continent of Mu, Terra Incognito, Shangri-La, El Dorado. Nearly every culture in the world shares stories of far-away places that are populated by people ...

The season five finale of the hit reality docuseries Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch premieres on the Discovery Channel Wednesday, Aug. 13 at 10/9c. This season has proven to be one full of unbelievable ...

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These empires may be long gone, but their myths still echo through history. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca told stories of gods who shaped the cosmos, demanded sacrifice, and fought battles far beyond ...

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from the ...

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