If you’re the least bit interested in ruins in Mexico, ancient civilizations, pre-hispanic culture and archaeology, it is 100% worth visiting Monte Alban Ruins in Oaxaca. Be sure to check out ...

Archaeologists noticed that the walls of this ancient Mayan palace resembled snake scales — before finding human remains within.

A six-kilometer-long Chaco Culture road lines up, Stonehenge-like, with the winter solstice. Other roads end at shrines in the middle of a desert.

LiDAR was the key technology that enabled Ramón Celis to uncover the full scale of Guiengola. Unlike traditional archaeological methods, which require walking the dense jungle terrain to identify ...

Researchers have found a treasure trove of structures from an ancient civilization — by using a modern technology.

Mexico, likely had abundant crops when Maya civilization collapsed during the eighth and ninth centuries. The research also shows the region’s three main kingdoms were each functioning in very ...

Among the world’s oldest civilizations, areas of Mexico and Central America were ... the Spanish invasion in 1500 caused the end of the Inca. Ancient China emerged around 2000 BC, occupying ...

An ancient Mexican archaeological site ... the location is known as the fortress where the Zapotecs—a civilization from the nearby Central Valleys of Oaxaca, who flourished from roughly 700BCE ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...