The ambitious Snake kings used force and diplomacy to create the most powerful alliance in their culture’s history.

The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery is shedding a new light on one of history’s biggest enigmas – the collapse of central America’s ancient Maya civilisation. This new discovery – the ...

The Mauritanian capital, founded in the 3rd century B.C., became an important outpost of the Roman Empire and was graced with many fine buildings. Extensive remains of these survive in the ...

The mysterious discovery in Guatemala of burned human remains and thousands of rich but ruined ornaments—supposedly what’s left of a Maya city’s royal rulers—may be rare and direct ...

Professor Golden's research is focused on archaeology, remote sensing, Mesoamerica, and the Maya. He is currently working on the Proyecto Arqueologico Busilja-Chocolja, a regional study of the ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

Today you are tourists!” The words excited the women in red embroidered shawls. It’s not a phrase that is said often in Quechua, one of Peru’s indigenous languages. The 16 women from Huilloc Alto ...