From plastic bags to hieroglyphic printing presses, a Cairo-based collective is proving that the most profound design ...

The great cities of the Maya lowlands dominated the Early Classical period, as we take a look at the latest instalment of our ...

During the 7th and 8th centuries, Mesoamerica saw an endless game of thrones, with the empires in Tikal and Calakmul fighting ...

At Karnak, several identical granite gateways stand in alignment — and hieroglyphs appear to translate as “Star Gate.” But one structure shows something stranger: granite disintegrating from the ...

Discover shocking evidence of ancient cataclysmic heat damage at the Rameseum in Egypt. Explore the massive granite sculptures, scorched surfaces, and high-polish hieroglyphics that suggest advanced ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

A much quieter weekend is in store across our area after a pretty busy weather week.The next North Pacific storm system is digging into the ocean far enough awa Ridgecrest police to hold DUI ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. THE PROTECTIVE ...

And even though her husband, Larry Millete, was arrested nine months after her disappearance, there still hasn't been justice. Maya's body has never been found, but prosecutors say they believe Larry ...

Drawing upon 25 years of research, Andrew Scherer, professor of anthropology and archaeology and the ancient world and director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mayan astrology is a modern term for a form of Mesoamerican calendrical and divinatory tradition that dates back to 2000 BCE. This ...