As one of Downtown’s most striking buildings, the Mayan first opened in 1927. It was designed by Mexican sculptor and ...

Owners of the historic downtown nightclub, which has appeared in such films as "The Bodyguard" and "Night at the Roxbury," ...

Often overlooked in narratives of ancient civilizations, the archaeological site of Cahokia in the Mississippi River Valley reveals the impressive scale and complexity of a pre-Columbian society that ...

On Wednesday, France returned a total of 133 pre-Columbian archaeological pieces to Honduras, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 60th anniversary of ...

Cacao was used by many cultures in the pre-Columbian Americas as an important part of rituals associated with birth, marriage and death.

These eight discoveries about Native Americans have changed the way archaeologists and historians understand the history of the U.S.

These fishing canals both speak to the industriousness of pre-Maya peoples, and show how they laid some of the foundation for civilization to flourish in ancient Mesoamerica. Discovering The Pre-Maya ...

Rubber was an essential material for many people of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, who used it to make objects such as sandals and rubber bands. However, it is perhaps best known as the material used ...

For many years, Nashville’s Parthenon museum housed hundreds of pre-Columbian artifacts in its collections. Many of the items were accompanied by incomplete information about what they were and ...