A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland ...

History loves a good mystery. And honestly, few things are more unsettling than an entire civilization, with millions of ...

As I sit here in my den, not wearing pajamas but leisure shorts and a bright red T-shirt instead, I’m thinking it’s time for a hot cup of java, most likely a cup of Eight O’clock, in memory of my ...

Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland? Flames from the Caldor Fire crown in trees at Echo Lake, Calif., in August ...

The Indus Valley Civilization has long stood as one of humanity’s great enigmas, a Bronze Age society that mastered urban planning, long-distance trade and sophisticated water management, then faded ...

CAHOKIA MOUNDS, Illinois — I am standing atop a 100-foot-high temple mound, the largest known earthwork in the Americas built by prehistoric peoples. The temperatures, in the high 80s, along with the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The ancient Maya were a group of Mesoamerican Indigenous people who developed one of the most advanced societies in history, which such achievements ...