The diversity of artifacts within the excavation offers cultural connections beyond one region.

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of ...

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization.

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala ... that Cueva de Sangre was the site of an ancient Maya ritual sacrifice rather than a standard burial practice, Fricano said. Cueva de Sangre is accessed ...

Clues are emerging about the ghostly clan that settled eastern Asia and left a genetic legacy in people today.

Ancient human remains found in Nevada 15 years ago are returned to the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe for ceremonial burial.

The great bustard, now an endangered species, was once hunted and eaten for ancient funeral rites ... For centuries, the cave was used as a burial ground, now known as “Africa’s oldest ...