The Great Trading Path was recently named on a notable list of endangered historic sites, in part due to a forthcoming Buc-ee ...

A sprawling Maya metropolis, hidden for centuries beneath dense tropical canopy, is coming into focus as archaeologists ...

A strong, 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 7:58 a.m. Central time about 2 miles northwest of Rancho Viejo, ...

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The City of Albuquerque is inviting everyone to the Old Town Holiday Stroll on Dec. 5 from 5-9 p.m., featuring a tree lighting ceremony and local entertainment. The event will kick ...

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s Old Testament (Zürich, 1525) in The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge. Credit: The Master and Fellows of Trinity ...

When the first printed Bible map appeared in 1525, it was supposed to clarify the ancient world of scripture. Instead, the printer accidentally flipped it—placing the Mediterranean Sea on the wrong ...

Excavations for the Maya Train revealed a 2,000-year-old limestone sculpture of an elderly man marking a sacred building’s entrance. The Preclassic-era carving once guarded a west-facing ceremonial ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The almighty eagle perched on a cactus while devouring a serpent on Mexico’s flag hints at the myth behind the foundation of the country’s capital. It's a divine sign in an ancient ...

A new exhibition in Mexico City explores how the sacred myth that marked the site of the ancient Mexica — or Azetc — capital has survived the European conquest, colonization and centuries of change to ...