Luke Auld-Thomas, a PhD student from Tulane University, stumbled upon a 3,000-year-old Mayan city hidden beneath the dense jungle of Campeche, Mexico. His accidental discovery was made possible by ...

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A team of marine archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery off the coast of Playa del Carmen: a sunken Mayan city. This find, using 3D sonar technology, marks a milestone in marine ...

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Encircled by thick jungle, Palenque is one of the most impressive and mysterious of all Mexico’s ancient Maya sites. Known by the ancient Maya people as Lakamha, and today a UNESCO World ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 650,000-square-foot underground city beneath Abarkuh, Iran, used for water management, cooling, and as a refuge from the heat.

Crystal skulls arrived on the archaeological scene in the 19th century. No one knew who made them. Eventually, they all ...