A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over ...

A series of small earthquakes has been detected beneath a U.S. volcano that has been showing increasing signs of activity in recent weeks. The study allowed scientists to create the largest functional ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex ...

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