Thanks to their loud, brash, and nocturnal nature, rock concerts are often held in dark bars and nightclubs designed to withstand the abuse of rowdy fans and guitar-smashing rockers. But as musicians ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring “remarkable” architecture, including pyramids and monuments, that shed more light on the ancient ...

Bard College has announced that Maya Lin, renowned worldwide for her art, architecture, landscapes, and memorials, has been chosen to design a new performing arts studio building for the Fisher Center ...

Somewhere beneath the scrubby limestone terrain of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a team of archaeologists has uncovered what ...

STRI copy Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. "Architecture and the Origins of Preclassic Maya Politics highlights the dramatic changes in the relationship of ancient Maya peoples to the landscape ...

Rare climbing sites: Belize’s Lamanai and Xunantunich still allow visitors to climb their ancient temples, offering a rare perspective on Mayan architecture and history. Ancient cosmic blueprint: A ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from ...

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