An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park ...

EAST of the town of Dos Lagunas, past the major highway cutting through Mexico's south, the forest rises up in a dense wall ...

Tourists were heard laughing as furious locals booed a man being filmed climbing 'El Castillo,' a Mayan pyramid in Mexico. The man, a German tourist, appeared to be taken away by security as he ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. Late last year a New Orleans-based PhD student, Luke Auld-Thomas, unearthed a Mayan metropolis buried ...

The Mayan civilization may have started as far back as 7,000 BCE but was brought to an end in the 17th Century by Spanish colonization. Yet, while that civilization fell, its grand structures and ...

As the technology takes over the internet, we are hobbling our ability to create. By Sarah Manavis It comes in a variety of forms, from the smooth and the surreal to the truly, unbelievably ugly, but ...

Mount Versuvius still towers above the ruins of Pompeii and scientists say the most important dig in a century is taking place. NBC News’ Molly Hunter explores the buried city and shares an ...