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Cannonball dating to the Alamo battle unearthed 1 day before 190th anniversary of the conflict that killed Davy CrockettAn intact bronze cannonball unearthed near the Alamo was likely used in the 1836 battle between Mexico and the Republic of Texas.
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1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing deathThe president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the "most significant archaeological discovery in a decade."
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Unusual, 1,400-year-old cube-shaped human skull unearthed in MexicoArchaeologists discovered an unusually flat-topped skull at a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican site.
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Ancient rock art along US-Mexico border persisted for more than 4,000 years — and it depicts Indigenous views of the universeResearchers have uncovered evidence of an Indigenous artistic tradition that was painted along the U.S.-Mexico border for roughly 175 generations.
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Sistema Ox Bel Ha: A vast hidden system that's the longest underwater cave in the worldThis incredible submerged cave network is the longest of its kind in the world and plays a vital role in the region.
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Massive 3,000-year-old Maya site in Mexico depicts the cosmos and the 'order of the universe,' study claimsA roughly 3,000-year-old site in Mexico was built in the shape of a cosmogram that stretches for miles, a new study suggests.
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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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200-foot scorpion effigy mound in Mexico may align with the solsticesA 205-foot-long, scorpion-shaped mound in Mexico likely helped Mesoamericans mark the summer and winter solstices, a new study finds.
