The Papantla Pole Dancers
An ancient Mesoamerican community performed a precarious ritual dance to curry favor with their gods.
The Red Queen of Palenque
The archaeology and the story: The critical role a great Maya queen, and women generally, played in Maya society.
The Red Queen of Palenque
The archaeology and the story: The critical role a great Maya queen, and women generally, played in Maya society.
Warriors of the Clouds: Kuélap, a Chachapoya Citadel
High in the Andes mountains, before the Inca, a remarkable ancient culture thrived in northern Peru.
The Great Maya Tombstone
The elaborate burial of a great king reveals the complexity of ancient Maya spirituality.
Caral, America’s Oldest City
Before the pyramids of Egypt and the Ziggurats of Mesopotamia, an ancient monumental civilization arose with massive pyramids near the north-central coast of Peru in South America.
The Priestess of Chornancap
Excavations at a site in northern Peru have revealed information about a powerful ancient priestess and the community in which she lived and practiced.
Easter Island: What Happened!
The demise of Easter Island's native civilization involved more than destruction of an isolated environment's fragile ecosystem.
Buried Power: The Seven Dolls at Dzibilchaltún
Seven figurines recovered from an ancient Maya site hold a meaning far beyond their simple imagery.
Burning the Maya Books: The 1562 Tragedy at Mani
Retelling a horrific story of the devastating collision of a Franciscan friar’s “act of faith” and traditional indigenous culture.
The Shaman’s World
Extending far into human prehistory, the shaman has played a major role in the psyche for survival and our perception of the world around us.
Chichén Itzá’s Shadows
A great center of the ancient Maya provides a window on the soul of an ancient people and the mysteries it still enshrines.
