For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

There, African statuettes stood spotlit against black walls, looking theatrical ... its conjoined heads sharing a dog-skull crown. The need for vigilance is universal. The downside of see-through ...

A 1,000-year-old skull, above, offers evidence of subterranean sacrificial rituals. Benedict Kim The territory of the ancient Maya covered much of Central ... A local guide broke through a false wall ...

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A recent study by Dr. Angelina Locker published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology implemented bioarchaeological ...

Guatemala’s Cueva de Sangre, translated as “blood cave,” isn’t just a clever name. It’s an apropos description of the cave ...

The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were sacrificed during the dry season to appease the Maya rain god ... like a hatchet — on the skull, Fricano said.

Beneath the surface of present-day western Honduras lie the ruins of Copán—an archaeological site that once stood as a vital ...

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual to appease the rain god. The Cueva de Sangre, or "blood cave", was first ...

According to legend, thirteen crystal skulls contained the complete knowledge of our galaxy. Twelve represented worlds where intelligent life existed, while the thirteenth skull connected them all.