A German tourist was arrested and attacked by locals after he illegally scaled the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Yucatan, ...

On Wednesday, France returned a total of 133 pre-Columbian archaeological pieces to Honduras, coinciding with the 70th ...

In the heart of El Salvador, a recent archaeological discovery has reignited fascination with the enigmatic societies of ...

The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

I just got back from a short trip to Mexico. I was in Tulum, where a famous set of Mayan ruins are located.  I didn’t have time to see the surface ruins, but I did explore some of the caverns where ...

African American museum prepares to open doors Friday WATERLOO — The railroad car that sits on East Fourth Street is a symbol ...

Heritage sites have been damaged; museums have been looted; artifacts have been stolen. And these catastrophes aren’t random — legal experts and historians claim Russia intentionally targets ...

The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...

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These striking puppets suggest that Indigenous people in what is now El Salvador had rituals that were more connected to the rest of Central American culture than previously thought.