" Chasing a Plate is at Chichen Itza in the Yucatan, Mexico. This morning Chasing a Plate are chasing temples. We're at arguably one of the greatest Mayan cities, Chichen Itza. It's meant to be huge, ...

When winter sets in, and daylight is gone well before dinner, it’s hard not to notice how long the nights stretch on. For me, ...

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

The enigmatic Maya calendar synchronizes all visible planets, thus solving an astronomical puzzle that had remained unsolved ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Swap the snow for sand and celebrate Christmas and New Year’s in Cancún with cultural traditions, beachfront festivities and ...

The magnificent temple at Munneswaram on the western coast of Sri Lanka is considered to be one of the Pancha Ishwaram, an ...

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What the Ancient Egyptians viewed as the rebirth of the sun is actually the winter solstice which will take place early ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a bustling city that is best discovered at a leisurely pace.

From modest huts, megalithic temples and prehistoric pyramids to ancient burial mounds and Aboriginal engineering marvels, these are some of the oldest and most fascinating man-made structures on ...

Walk into any museum and you'll see them. Those ancient statues with generous hips, full breasts, and rounded bellies.For ...