Mexican archeologists find important Aztec ruins
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Mexican archeologists have found what may be the most significant Aztec ruin in decades, with the unearthing of an altar and a monolith in the busy heart of Mexico City, Mayor Alejandro Encinas said on Wednesday.
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The victims of human sacrifice by  Mexico's ancient Mayans, who threw children into water-filled  caverns, were likely boys and young men not virgin girls as  previously believed, archeologists said on Tuesday.
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U.S. and Puerto Rican archaeologists say they have found the best-preserved pre-Columbian site in the Caribbean, which could shed light on virtually every aspect of Indian life in the region, from sacred rituals to eating habits.
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Spanish researchers say they have found the remains of an extinct species of great ape that may have been the last ancestor humans shared with gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans.
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FELIPE CARRILLO PUERTO, Mexico  - In a land of  pyramids and jungle temples, one of Mexico's most curious and  elusive artifacts is an old wooden cross said to have spoken to  Mayan Indians and roused them to rebellion.
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Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of the remains of 10 people, one dating back to 1,300 B.C., providing evidence of prehispanic cultures in Mexico City's sprawling Chapultepec Park.
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The Museum of High Altitude Archaeology is displaying Los NiÃ±os, three of the best preserved mummies ever found.
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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.
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Archeologists said Monday that porcelain plates and other artifacts found along the Baja California coast could be from the wreckage of a Spanish galleon that sailed between the Philippines and Mexico hundreds of years ago.
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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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It has long been a matter of contention: Was the Aztec and Mayan practice of human sacrifice as widespread and horrifying as the history books say? Or did the Spanish conquerors overstate it to make the Indians look primitive? In recent years archaeologists have been uncovering mounting physical evidence that corroborates the Spanish accounts in substance, if not number.
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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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COYO, Chile  - Deep within the wind-swept Atacama desert in northern Chile, the remnants of a forgotten civilization rise from the sand.
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December 21, 2004 - A new X-ray machine will help anthropologists solve mysteries locked inside some of the Field Museum&#39;s ancient collection of fossils, mummies and pottery.
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Archeologists say a prehistoric skeleton and campsite discovered on the muddy shore of Lake Travis could be between 700 and 2,000 years old.
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Spectacular archaeological find on Peru's coast yields secrets of the 1,000-year-old 'Lords of Sican'.
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Archaeologists surveying a property earmarked for a Long Island housing development discovered an ancient skull.