Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Today Tikal is a ...

The Tiwanaku civilization thrived high in the Andes Mountains long before the Inca Empire started. Located near Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, the millennia-old city of Tiwanaku was built almost 13,000 ...

Ruins of the Palaspata temple complex from the millennia-old Tiwanaku civilization are unraveling some mysteries about the ...

MM8452_221202_000307The small mask, made of jade mosaic with spondylus shell for the eyes and teeth, represents a manifestation of the Storm God. It was laid on the chest of a king buried at ...

Step back in time at these ancient cities and forgotten kingdoms that have stood the test of time. From Ethiopia to Cambodia, ...

Archaeologists in southeastern Mexico recently unearthed an ancient crypt dating back more than 1,000 years and made a ...