And by the 10th century the last few squatters had abandoned the ghost city, with its palaces and temples swallowed by the ...

A turquoise-encrusted mask of Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec fire god, symbolises renewal and is showcased at the British Museum.

This mask, which is on display at the British Museum in London, is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish ...

Teotihuacan was one of the largest cities in the world eight centuries before the rise of the Aztec Empire. It flourished ...

Those who hear it are shocked by its uncanny vocal quality, an otherworldly whirr that would no doubt have been chilling to ...

The battle at San Geronimo III was a rare moment in history: a complete rout of European forces by Native Americans. It ...

Now on exhibit in your Vanishing Texana Museum are historically significant “Coins of Mexico” on loan from Jesus Salazar of ...

A class of Fayette Elementary fifth-graders brought history to life Wednesday through a series of short plays about early ...

Aquileia, a small town in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeastern Italy, is now a modest place with barely 3,000 ...

An ancient Aztec Death Whistle has been found to make the "most terrifying sound in the world". Civilisations that thrived in ...

The mysterious Aztec "death whistles" have fascinated researchers with their eerie, terrifying effect they have on the ...

It sounds like a scream from the depths of the underworld. It’s a haunting, ear-piercing shriek that stirs something primal ...