Archaeologists hunting for a sacred well beneath the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have accidentally discovered a trove of more than 150 ritual objects—untouched for ...

Maya farming was successful because of the accurate and detailed calendars people used. The Tzolkin calendar was also known as the Sacred calendar. It was 260 days long and it was used to keep track ...

An enormous 3,000-year-old earthen platform topped with a series of structures, including a 13-foot-high pyramid, has been identified as the oldest and largest monumental construction discovered in ...

Jade Skirt: Look… this is the Ball Game! We call it a game, bit it is actually very serious. It can be used to settle arguments between different towns. We have a great legend about the ball game.

In March 2016, a fishing trawler capsized and bobbed helplessly in the churning South Atlantic after Argentine coastguard cutters opened fire. The vessel had refused to stop despite radio warnings, ...

The strike happened in the Pacific Ocean and was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route and carrying narcotics. (Secretary of War Pete Hegseth via X) UPS plane crashes near Louisville ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading ...

Abu Dhabi’s city break credentials are no secret – but for some reason, its beaches remain under the radar. But when you see the pristine sands and Maldives-blue waters, you’ll want to rip up that ...

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