The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

Archeologists working on the gulf coast of Mexico have uncovered a 3,000-year-old stone tablet that bears the oldest writing in the Western Hemisphere and the first text unambiguously linked to the ...

Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica. The tomb ...

The discovery of colossal Olmec stone heads revealed the existence of a long forgotten civilization that shaped early Mesoamerica. From these early societies emerged the first Maya cities, massive ...

Hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial sites built over a period of about 600 years have been uncovered. This comes after the discovery of the first such site – Aguada Fénix – was announced in ...