These empires may be long gone, but their myths still echo through history. The Maya, Aztec, and Inca told stories of gods ...

Fans attending San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday got their first look at the upcoming animated film Aztec Batman: Clash of ...

Aside from the obvious cultural and historical influences, Az tec Batman producer García de Letona told Anime News Network ...

The Aztec Death Whistle is an ancient instrument designed to send chills down your spine. Discover the story behind its eerie screech and why it was used to strike fear into enemies.

A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” long before people from “the old world” arrived.

Most of an ancient Egyptian’s ancestry is best explained using North African genomes — the rest, by genomes from Mesopotamia.

Researchers have sequenced the genome of an ancient Egyptian who was buried in a pot nearly 5,000 years ago, about the time some of the oldest, and most famous, pyramids were built.

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the ...

"As soon as that water’s gone, we don’t have another ice age to re-establish it," a retired hydrologist warns.

A tree fell in the Amazon—and revealed mysterious urns of ancient human remains Archaeologists still don’t know who buried the urns or exactly how old they are.

The 'elegant' face of an ancient Egyptian priestess whose singing was said to be able to calm the gods can be seen for the first time in 2,800 years.