More than a millennium ago, a Maya community collapsed in the face of a devastating drought. One writer joined an intrepid ...

Is your knowledge of the ancient Maya as extraordinary as their pyramids?

Long before the gods of Olympus or Rome, ancient Indo-European speakers likely worshiped a sky father known as Dyeus Pater.

From Hindu demon myths to Aztec end-times beliefs, solar eclipses have long been seen as signs of doom. This video explores how cultures across the world interpreted eclipses as cosmic ...