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A major breakthrough in Maya archaeology has emerged from Caracol, Belize, where the University of Houston team uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak—Caracol’s first known ruler. Buried with elaborate ...

The discovery of more than 15,000 kilometres of ancient riverbeds on Mars suggests that the Red Planet may once have been ...

After hitting blind alleys, he recently found Arizona Department of Water Resources records for one private water-company well serving SaddleBrooke that shows it’s been falling about 1.5 feet a ...

The ancient sport of dragon boat racing is breathing a new spirit of joy and camaraderie into these rowers’ lives.

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Archaeologists from @UHouston have uncovered the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak — Caracol’s first ruler and dynastic founder. It’s the ...

Researchers from Mainz, Oxford, and Innsbruck have used carbonate fragments to unravel the complex history of the Arles ...

Despite its stylistic brilliance, Gurnaik Johal’s debut novel doesn’t have the heft to grapple with the complexity of ...

Almost two-thirds of the world's population is affected by the monsoon—the annual arrival of intense rains in areas north and ...

In Norfolk, England, archaeologists discovered a “beautifully preserved” Roman well that’s providing an unprecedented ...

From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material ...