900-year-old astronomy guide is oldest known book written in the Americas. In a rare reversal, archaeologists have determined that a Maya book written almost 900 years ago is genuine—after decades of ...

The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you ...

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The Aztec empire succumbed to its own imperial arrogance, alienating neighbours who ultimately helped bring about its ...

We gather much of what we know about Maya astronomical knowledge from detailed records they themselves created on the pages of bark-paper books called codices. In the mid-sixteenth century, Franciscan ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author of the iconic book Chariots of the Gods, which proposed the idea that ancient civilizations were developed by extraterrestrial beings, died on Saturday at the age ...

Located in today's Iran, Persia managed to incorporate many groups into their empire by respecting individual cultures in exchange for tributes. In part 2, learn about the majesty of the Persians, the ...

Unlike a traditional museum, Museo Subacuático de Arte (Underwater Museum of Art) is composed of concrete structures spread across the seafloor. The underwater museum sits somewhere between Isla ...