New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years ago ...

An ancient Maya structure was likely built around communal astronomical observations, but the identity of a mysterious woman ...

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according ...

Only from the air did it reveal what it really was.

Judge Jerry Smith argued that Texas lawmakers redrew the congressional districts to win in next year's midterms, not because ...

A massive platform hidden in a southern Mexico jungle for 3,000 years actually is a giant map of the Maya order of the ...

His fossils, collected over a decade at a Jurassic site in New South Wales, have revealed a new species of non-biting midge.

With a Supreme Court battle looming, the federal court ruling blocking Texas' new congressional map is adding uncertainty to ...

A federal court’s ruling blocking Texas’s new map and fresh setbacks in Utah and California reshaped the mid-decade redistricting fight.

It's been five years since archaeologists located Aguada Fénix, and initial excavations are revealing the site's rich ritual ...

An ancient Skiri Pawnee star map on elk skin reopens the debate about its true function and challenges Western interpretations.