For 11 generations, the Mayan ruler’s dynasty had ruled Copan, a city-state near today’s border between Honduras and ...

stone carvings, jade ware, statues, murals and architectural components, among others, which vividly illustrate the Mayan civilization during the Classic Period in terms of religious beliefs ...

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Micronesia's Nan Madol is one of the very few places in the world which continues to perplex archaeologists. How and why it ...

During the Maya civilisation, Britain went through the Stone, Bronze ... there used to be a large carving of king Jasaw Chan K'awiil sitting on a Jaguar throne. Image caption, This is a ...

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Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts is exactly that kind of revelation – a riverside village where the Deerfield River flows gently and the pace of life moves with a refreshing deliberateness that feels ...