At first it seemed that Mesa Verde might suffer the same fate as smaller ancient ... New Mexico and Utah meet. These sites had been plundered by "pothunters" who vandalized the ruins and sold ...

Photo from Xavier Sicart Chavarría via INAH Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s ...

When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the early 16th century, the temple was among many structures that were destroyed and a new cathedral ... to see the ancient ruins that are tucked away in ...

Hidden beneath the rainforest of southern Mexico sit the ruins of a massive ancient Maya settlement. Archaeologists knew of the site since the 1980s but hadn’t tried mapping it — until recently.