Archaeologists from the University of Houston have discovered the first royal tomb at the sprawling Maya site of Caracol, in ...

A major breakthrough in Maya archaeology has emerged from Caracol, Belize, where the University of Houston team uncovered the tomb of Te K'ab Chaak—Caracol’s first known ruler. Buried with elaborate ...

Found in the ancient city of Caracol, the tomb contained a rare jade mask, ceramics, and jewelry often linked to the Maya ...

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of the Maya king who founded the city of Caracol in what is now Belize.

Was the throne held by a Queen before Tutankhamun was old enough to rule? If so, who was this Queen? Or even better, as this ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy ...

Siraj-ud-Daulah’s defeat in the Battle of Plassey was followed by the tragic deaths of all those who plotted his downfall ...

When King Tut's tomb was opened, those involved in the discovery started 'mysteriously' dying. Is the Curse of the Pharaohs real, or can it be explained in another way? Science has tried to ...

Scientists find cancer-fighting properties in fungus from King Tut's tomb, offering hope for new leukemia treatments.

The fact that Ramesses II lived to around age 90 was, in itself, quite a feat in ancient Egypt. At the time "most people died well before their 40th birthday and he was on the throne for two or three ...