Over the millennia that the Chinese nation was building its rich and enduring civilization in East Asia, the people of Latin America were shaping the vibrant cultures of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec ...

On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth ’03 as the Secretary of Defense. Hegseth graduated with an ...

In a context marked by water scarcity and collective despair, the mass offering of children sacrificed to the god of rain, ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

By Emma Rogers CMU might not offer an archeology degree, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be kept up to date on the latest finds! Back again in 2024, here’s a SciTech roundup of recent archeological ...

Using advanced scanning technology, researchers have located a major Maya site in the thick jungle of Mexico’s Yucatán ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our ...

Archaeologists have long known about ancient urban sites in the Maya Lowlands of southern Mexico. But this discovery was somewhat unexpected. Luke Auld-Thomas, an archaeologist at Tulane University, ...

One of the most remarkable contributions came from the ancient Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. Their vigesimal (base-20) ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.

Archaeologists have discovered Valeriana, a 2,000-year-old Maya city in Mexico with over 6,600 structures. Learn about the ...