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 ...

Among the early Maya, the site of Aguada Fénix would have been a place for everyone to gather for trade, socialization, and ...

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 high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire. Combining ...

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

The digital tool, called Itiner-e, allows people to virtually see a map of how the ancient Roman roads were once traveled in ...