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 ...

Mesopotamia, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is recognized as the earliest cradle of civilization due to its development of complex ...

Recent discoveries in an archaeological site in Mexico sheds new light into the beginning of the Maya civilization, and how they perceived the passage of time ...

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

Discover the fascinating history of hot chocolate, from its ancient origins to its modern-day gourmet variations.

The Olmecs come to light -- The Tulane Expedition and the Olmec world (1925-1926) -- The first excavations : Tres Zapotes (1938-1940) -- Stone heads in the jungle (1940) -- Fortuitous decisions at La ...

A 1,400-year-old cube-shaped skull found in Mexico could provide new insights into Mesoamerican cranial modification ...

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

Located in the state of Morelos some 50 miles southwest of Mexico City, at the base of a pair of granodiorite hills that rise up sharply above Mexico’s central highlands, Chalcatzingo was a regional ...

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

For me, current events in the United States and the Middle East were the source of worry, anxiety, anger, feelings of ...