The team will deploy muography - a non-invasive imaging technique that harnesses cosmic rays - to search for hidden chambers within El Castillo pyramid at Chichén Itzá, Mexico. The groundbreaking ...

Who were the Maya? Decoding the ancient civilization’s secrets The pyramid-building Maya reigned over much of Central America. Today, descendants keep Maya history alive—a sign of resilience. This ...

The fall of the world’s earliest cities has long looked like a riddle of vanished peoples and abandoned streets. A growing ...

Archeologists beam lasers from the sky to unearth ancient settlements hiding in plain sight. Lidar uses laser pulses to penetrate dense vegetation, revealing human-built structures underneath. The ...

A new, immersive exhibit has arrived at the California Science Center — and it explores an ancient, bygone civilization. “Maya: The Exhibition,” which opened earlier this week and will run through ...

News. A man pretended to be his dead mother to collect her pension: the real Mrs. Doubtfire News. Earthquake in archaeology: a new study suggests that Neanderthals disappeared for a reason not ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — In a couple of weeks, when the sky goes dark, many of us will look up, but Kim Breuer said it’s also a good time to look back. “From the beginning of man, people stop to look at ...