Centuries before the advent of novocaine electric drills and x-rays, the ancient Maya may have been closing tooth cavities with jade inlays. Teeth decorated with jade, “fool’s ...

Deep within the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in the state of Campeche, southern Mexico, a major archaeological discovery is ...

The ancient Maya are renowned for their mathematical mastery as calendar creators, pioneering astronomers, and pyramid ...

This video shows the ancient city of Tikal National Park, Petén, Guatemala, where massive Maya temples rise above one of the ...

Researchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar logging tracks. There, they found unique carved stelae and altars ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a pre-Hispanic camp in ...

Top Image: Archaeologist Daniel Salazar Lama examines the 2,000-year-old Calakmul mural alongside a reconstruction of the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ancient Maya kings may have already told us how to tackle our water ...

The name "White-chested Fox" was found in drawings dating from 400 BC to 900 AD at the San Bartolo-Xultun archaeological site ...

Archaeologists exploring the Maya ruins of Xultun in Guatemala have, for the first time, deciphered the name of an ancient ...

Some people fear that breaking a mirror can lead to seven years of misfortune. The history of this superstition may go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who ascribed mysterious powers to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Maya vases depict dogs walking below a ruler's hammock, which has been interpreted as the dog escorting the ruler's burial ...