Lidar discoveries and recent excavations are forcing archaeologists to rethink ancient Maya political structures.

Mayan temples and pyramids are just as strong as skyscrapers. Discover the architectural tricks used by ancient Central American builders. The tallest temples in the Maya City of Tikal, including the ...

Eleven miles east of Rome, in the ancient city of Gabii, archaeologists unearthed a building complex that may represent the earliest instance of Roman monumental architecture. This enormous ...

Editor in chief Nancy Shute discusses how new scientific discoveries are rewriting the history of Maya society ...

Traces of two buildings and a sacrificial pit have been uncovered at a Roman military camp in northwestern Germany, according ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Evidence indicates that the site was first settled as ...

This entertaining reality TV parody introduces a Maya labourer who has designed his own nah, or traditional Maya home. He talks about his design, his tools and the building's sometimes bizarre ...

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler surveys some of the Roman Empire’s most impressive architectural feats and the artworks that characterised the period. Show more First transmitted ...

Michael Connor (Man)Sarita Choudhury (Sarita)Michael Connor (Artist)Michael ConorMaria Rosenblum (Maria) Brian P. Katz A portrait of the failed artist as a middle-aged man, "Roman Buildings ...

One unsuspecting February morning in 1976, a 7.5 scale earthquake shook the Central American country of Guatemala. Originating from the Motagua Fault, the meeting point of the North American and ...