Three thousand years ago, in what is now southern Mexico, Olmec art and culture flourished. No written documents survive, but the exceptional beauty and technical brilliance of the sculpture and its ...

Flat-topped skulls have previously been unearthed in and around territory associated with the Mayans, who never established a ...

Scientists examined the skull's bones and teeth and found that the individual likely lived in Tamaulipas his entire life.

Walk into any museum and you'll see them. Those ancient statues with generous hips, full breasts, and rounded bellies.For ...

A cube-shaped skull from 1,400 years ago is opening a mystery that may reshape our understanding of the ancient world.

Archaeologists in Mexico have unearthed an extraordinary 1,400-year-old skull with a distinctive cube-like shape, a find that ...

Dante Alighieri thought he could write himself out of exile. In 1300, while serving on a governing committee in his beloved Florence, the poet was involved in a factional dispute among city leaders.