Archaeologists excavating the Chupacigarro archaeological site in Peru discovered a previously unknown quadrangular pyramidal structure, designated as Sector F, covering an area of 38.59 hectares. The ...

Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.

Architecture of the ancient civilizations in color Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, the Megaliths, the Hittites, the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, the Etruscans, Central and South America [Translated ...

Archaeologists recently rediscovered the long-hidden traces of an ancient Indigenous society in western Ecuador’s Upano Valley: more than 6,000 earthen platforms that once supported houses and ...

Ancient humans in South America may have kept foxes as pets, according to archaeologists. Their finding comes from excavations at a grave site in northwest Patagonia in Argentina, named Cañada Seca.

Researchers have found evidence of butchery marks on the back of an ancient armadillo-like animal, suggesting humans were in South America 20,000 years ago — earlier than many researchers thought.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning ...

A study published in the journal Antiquity suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with psychoactive drugs as a way of maintaining social cohesion and forging new ...