Works from some of Greece's most celebrated painters will go under the hammer at an art auction set to take place in May by ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

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Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

A new discovery unearthed by an international team of archeologists in the heart of modern-day Guatemala has put another piece in the puzzle revealing a turbulent period of time of the ancient ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex ...