An underground complex of caves containing human bones and pottery in the Yucatan could be one of the paths to Xibalba, the Maya underworld, according to archaeologist Guillermo de Anda. “These sacred tunnels and caves were natural temples and annexes to temples on the surface,” he said. Paleontologists looking for dinosaur skeletons discovered a Stone […]

A colossal portrait head of Faustina, wife of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, was unearthed by a team led by Marc Waelkens of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The head was found in the baths at Sagalassos, where parts of a statue of Hadrian were discovered last year. Don’t miss Marc Waelkens’ report from the field at […]