For example, Maya city-states were known for producing unique crafts like pottery, textiles, jade carvings and obsidian tools that were traded regionally. You can’t escape taxes, even in the Ancient ...

Shamim Tariq highlighted Firaq’s ghazals, poems, and rubais, stating that Firaq is the architect of modern ghazal ...

Archaeologists uncover the earliest known Maya salt works in Belize, revealing insights into ancient salt production and ...

Over the millennia that the Chinese nation was building its rich and enduring civilization in East Asia, the people of Latin America were shaping the vibrant cultures of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec ...

On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth ’03 as the Secretary of Defense. Hegseth graduated with an ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

By Emma Rogers CMU might not offer an archeology degree, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be kept up to date on the latest finds! Back again in 2024, here’s a SciTech roundup of recent archeological ...

Using advanced scanning technology, researchers have located a major Maya site in the thick jungle of Mexico’s Yucatán ...

Maya civilization has once again amazed researchers with a groundbreaking archaeological revelation that challenges our ...

One of the most remarkable contributions came from the ancient Maya civilization of Mesoamerica. Their vigesimal (base-20) ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.