More than 6000 Mayan structures discovered buried in Mexican jungle

More than 6000 Mayan structures discovered buried in Mexican jungle

The city,which has been named Valeriana by archaeologists,bears the hallmarks of an important regional capital.

  • bySarah Knapton

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Self-healing concrete? The Romans thought of that

Self-healing concrete? The Romans thought of that

Modern concrete is much less resilient than the concrete used in Roman times. Now researchers think they know why.

  • byAmos Zeeberg
‘Stunning’ hidden tomb found at Petra site featured in Indiana Jones

‘Stunning’ hidden tomb found at Petra site featured in Indiana Jones

Researchers found at least 12 skeletal remains and artefacts – including a ceramic vessel that “looked nearly identical to the Holy Grail” in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

  • byAnnabelle Timsit
Inside the cave where Australians have uncovered the world’s oldest rock art

Inside the cave where Australians have uncovered the world’s oldest rock art

This extraordinary ancient image may be our oldest evidence of a story.

  • byAngus Dalton
Egypt welcomes return of stolen 3400-year-old King Ramses statue

Egypt welcomes return of stolen 3400-year-old King Ramses statue

Egyptian authorities spotted the artefact - stolen decades before - when it was offered for sale in an exhibition in London in 2013.

Ancient cities to rival the Romans emerge in Amazon rainforest

Ancient cities to rival the Romans emerge in Amazon rainforest

A little-known culture built arrow-straight roads and canals through thick jungle to connect urban settlements where they ate sweet potatoes and drank beer.

  • bySimeon Tegel
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Greece unveils palace where Alexander the Great became king

Greece unveils palace where Alexander the Great became king

The site of Palace of Aigai,near modern day Vergina in northern Greece,has undergone a 16-year renovation that cost more than $30 million.

  • byDerek Gatopoulos andCostas Kantouris
Archaeologists stumped by Anglo-Saxon artefact ‘completely unlike’ any other

Archaeologists stumped by Anglo-Saxon artefact ‘completely unlike’ any other

Despite the skill which would have been required to make it,the roughly 1200-year-old object has no apparent purpose.

  • byCraig Simpson
Apocalyptic dust plume killed off the dinosaurs in spring,says study

Apocalyptic dust plume killed off the dinosaurs in spring,says study

Scientists have known for some time that a giant asteroid smashed into Earth causing mass extinctions. But precisely how it happened was until now not understood.

  • byCarolyn Y. Johnson
Ancient Amazon River rock carvings exposed by drought

Ancient Amazon River rock carvings exposed by drought

One area shows smooth grooves in the rock thought to be where indigenous inhabitants once sharpened their arrows and spears long before Europeans arrived.

  • bySuamy Beydoun
Pollen count helps prove humans left footprints in the Americas much earlier than believed

Pollen count helps prove humans left footprints in the Americas much earlier than believed

The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park and date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago.

  • byChristina Larson