A helicopter flies low across the water at night before heavily armed figures rappel to the ground, take their positions and break down a door. It's not a trailer for a movie, a video game or a recap ...

A chance discovery in Veracruz uncovers the first Olmec colossal head and opens the mystery of Mesoamerica’s earliest powerful societies. From San Lorenzo and La Venta to lidar-revealed mega-centers ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of years ago. Before that, the area was too flooded for settlement, making ...