Mexico's border towns often get a bad rap, but they are full of vibrant culture, stunning landscapes, and rich history.

After more than a century of displacement, the priceless“Portal to the Underworld” artifact has finally made its way back to ...

This past week as we shoveled snow and continued with life despite subfreezing temperatures, many of us knew that our favorite hot beverage awaited us at home. That would be hot chocolate, which has ...

Finding out what actually happened in the deep past can be a slog, so when ancient history is packaged as mystery—spine-tingling but solvable—it’s hard to resist. Who doesn’t want to know how a lost ...

The jaguar prowled through the spiritual landscapes of Mesoamerica as powerfully as it stalked the physical jungles and forests. For the Maya and Aztec civilizations, this magnificent spotted cat was ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Sid Meier's Civilization 7 Arcade Edition will be added to the Apple Arcade game catalog on February 5 alongside a smattering of other new games. This ...

Lost civilizations have always fascinated historians and enthusiasts alike. Their mysterious cultures, advanced technologies, and unexplained disappearances leave us with more questions than answers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. History is full of stories with clear beginnings, middles, and ends. Empires rise, they conquer, and ...

Picture this: thriving cities full of life, bustling marketplaces, intricate architecture stretching toward the sky, entire civilizations at the peak of their power. Then, silence. Emptiness. Stone ...

One part a literary subgenre of sci-fi, pioneered by the likes of Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler, and one part cross-cultural, interdisciplinary aesthetic movement, Afrofuturism — a term ...

In my book, Olmec Language and Literature, I explain how I deciphered the Olmec language. One of the most important documents used in my research was a Bi-lingual Mayan-Olmec text inscribed on a brick ...