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Ancient DNA recovered from 64 individuals whose remains sat underground for centuries is shedding light on their family lineages and exposure to disease. Reading time 3 minutes An underground chamber ...

Mexican archaeologists exploring a sinkhole cave, or "cenote," in the Yucatan Peninsula pre-Columbian site of Chichen Itza discovered a funerary offering consisting of six human bones as well as ...

While cruising on the five-day inaugural Norwegian Prima cruise ship from the Port of Galveston, we stopped one day at the port in Progreso, Mexico. Located along the Yucatan Peninsula, Progreso is a ...

CHICAGO—Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, ...

Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, pottery, ...