Possible Aztec offerings found in Mexico
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Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writing about offerings to the Aztec rain god.
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Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana.
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People who lived in the mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico, more than a century ago left behind a scientific mother lode: their own accidentally mummified bodies.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters Life!) - Fascinated by cultures as old as their own, Mexicans are pouring into museum exhibitions in wonder at ancient Middle Eastern artifacts never before seen in the Western Hemisphere.
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Looking at Mexico's opportunities can mean making profits while others nap.
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Mexico&#39;s most famous Mayan ruins, at Chichen Itza, could become a victim of their own success if they are named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a global competition.
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MEXICO CITY - Officials in northern Mexico are offering rewards to people who kill hordes of rats that dozens of cats could not conquer.
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MIAMI, June 13 -- More than 400 pre-Columbian artifacts believed to have been taken from ancient graves in Peru were given back to that country here today in what was described by officials as the largest such recovery since the 1970s, when Peru and the United States agreed to import restrictions...
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Sifting through the best that Mexico has to offer.
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Archaeologist claim to have discovered a stone block inscribed with the earliest writing in the New World.
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Archaeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered what appears to be an ancient religious complex containing a treasure trove of artifacts that might finally illuminate the lives and religious ...Comment
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An altar and a monolith discovered near the city's central square may be one of the most significant Aztec discoveries in years, archaeologists say.
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A new species of duck-billed dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is helping scientists fill in gaps in the fossil record of the Age of Dinosaurs.
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The discovery of a tomb filled with decapitated bodies suggests Mexico's 2,000 year-old "Pyramid of the Moon" may have been the site of horrifically gory sacrifices, archeologists said on Thursday.
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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.
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ZEMPOALA, Mexico  - In Aztec times, pulque was the  highly esteemed drink of the elders, priests and warriors, a  nectar that according to myth oozed from the 400 breasts of the  goddess Mayahuel.
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Archaeologists have discovered a cache of artifacts near South Padre Island they say could be up to 5,000 years old, potentially providing new clues about early peoples of the Texas coast.