Wooster, OH 44691, USA Classic Maya history was rife with shifting political coalitions and disputes with the key antagonists, Tikal and the Kaan regime, at the center. Understanding how power ...

Overall, the contributions to this special section present new perspectives on the Kaanuˀl's rise to power and its relationship with distant vassals in the crucial period of expansion into northern ...

A series of ancient desert artworks up to 3,000 years old are being destroyed by off-road enthusiasts driving over them Preservationists trying to protect the geoglyphs of the Atacama Desert in ...

Atacama Desert Foundation Within the vast, sun-scorched sands of the Atacama Desert lie ancient geoglyphs—carvings etched into the hillsides more than 1,000 years ago by Indigenous groups in ...

Some reach up to 16 feet in height and weigh up to 20 tons. Richly decorated with carvings of animals, abstract symbols, and humanoid figures, the pillars may have complex symbolic or religious ...

They race in circuits for hundreds of miles around the Atacama Desert, carving tire tracks into one of the driest places on Earth. What many of those racers potentially ignore is that the Atacama ...