Anthropology and Archaeology Professor Andrew Scherer explores social and ritual contexts of precolonial Mayan violence.

It is the most important archaeological discovery of the last decade in Mexico due to its level of preservation and the ...

A relief of an owl sits above the entrance to a Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca, Mexico. OAXACA, MEXICO—La Brújula Verde reports that ...

An ancient tomb believed to be from around 600 AD belonging to the 'Cloud People' has been unearthed in a valley after 1,400 ...

Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held ...

The Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology is a research institute dedicated to advancing Indigenous-led, community-engaged, and ethically grounded approaches to archaeology and cultural heri ...

There are so many reasons to travel the world. And, according to a new survey from SquareMouth Travel Insurance, one of the top reasons includes satisfying your curiosity. The travel insurance agency ...

An ancient tomb dating to 600AD unearthed in southern Mexico has been hailed as the “most significant archaeological ...

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...

The president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the "most significant archaeological ...

Archaeologists uncover an Ancient Zapotec Tomb, Oaxaca, revealing rare murals, rituals and burial practices dating back to ...

One of the most memorable details described by INAH and repeated by later reporting, the owl’s beak curves over a painted stucco face thought to represent a Zapotec lord, possibly an ancestor figure ...