Five oddly expressive clay figurines, made on the edge of the Maya world about 2,400 years ago, were probably used as puppets in public rituals to commemorate mythical or real events.

The ancient Maya, whose world was one of vivid cultural practices and strict hierarchy, with rulers playing an essential role mediating between the gods and mere mortals, developed a deep interest ...

Ancient times refer to the period spanning from the early development of human civilizations to the end of classical antiquity, roughly 3000 BCE to 500 CE. This era saw the rise of powerful empires, ...

Judge Orders Halt on Deportations of Venezuelans Under Wartime Law A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from invoking an obscure wartime law, called the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to ...

Not long after COVID lockdowns began in the U.S. five years ago this week, many readers and writers started to wonder, with a ...

Located in Ostia Antica, the mikvah dates to the late fourth or early fifth century C.E. Researchers say it's the earliest discovery of its kind outside the Middle East Eli Wizevich Found at the ...

Minecraft fans have created many fictional and real-world locations using the many blocks available, and this one is reminiscent of ancient Maya temples. A Minecraft fan shares their unique ...

From the rover's point of view on the ground, it's hard to tell, but this ancient shoreline on Mars seemed to lie inside a 2,050-mile-wide (3,300-kilometer-wide) impact crater called Utopia Basin.

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to handle today’s traffic.

A new study of ancient DNA from fifth- to sixth-century Hun skeletons suggests they were a motley crew of mixed origin with a few connections to the Xiongnu Empire in Mongolia.