Archaeologists working in one of the most impenetrable rain forests in Guatemala have stumbled on a remarkable discovery: a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations. The buried room ...

BERLIN (AP) – Sculptures celebrating the human body, precious jewelry, animals from frogs to jaguars and depictions of deities are going on show in Berlin in an exhibition that offers a glimpse of ...

Escape the heat this summer and immerse yourself in the art of the ancient Americas at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Right off the elevator, you’ll be able to explore the monumentality and naturalism ...

The works in the Kimbell Art Museum’s exhibition on Maya art are well over 1,000 years old, but the curators can’t help but refer to some in modern terms. Take the “Eccentric” flint scepter depicting ...

This year’s biennial, The World Tree, was intended to highlight the “archetypal myth central to many ancient cosmogonies.” ...

In 250, as the Roman Empire began to fall apart in Europe, Mayan civilization was steadily gaining in power and sophistication. Over the next six centuries, the Maya built a network of cities that ...

Archaeologists have stumbled on a room full of wall paintings and numerical calculations in the buried ninth century city of Xultun. The room was... Mayan Artwork Uncovered In A Guatemalan Forest ...