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Decapitator nose ornament: 1,500-year-old gold jewelry depicting a bloodthirsty South American godThe Moche made human sacrifices to their gods, including Ai Apaec, the Decapitator.
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1,400-year-old hieroglyphs reveal name of powerful Maya queenMayan language experts have decoded the name of a previously unknown Maya queen on a stone inscription discovered last year.
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1,300-year-old poop reveals pathogens plagued prehistoric people in Mexico's 'Cave of the Dead Children'Scientists studied ancient poop and found loads of intestinal diseases.
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Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate powerThe Wari used beer mixed with psychedelics to help build an empire in Peru around 1,200 years ago, a new study suggests.
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Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in FloridaSalvage work on the 1715 shipwrecks brought over 1,000 coins to the surface this summer.
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'A truly unprecedented discovery': 3,000-year-old multicolored mural with fish, stars and gods discovered in PeruA multicolored mural discovered in Peru is shedding light on pre-Inca coastal artistic traditions.
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Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coastFour shipwrecks newly discovered on the North Carolina coast date to colonial times, including one that blew up during an attack.
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Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin that lives in tropical PeruA rare penguin-shaped pot reveals the Nazca's interest in depicting the wildlife around them.
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Tiwanaku: A little-known pre-Incan civilization that built temples and cities high in the AndesThis ancient city in modern-day Bolivia is almost 13,000 feet above sea level. Only a small portion of the ruins have been excavated.
