Vast swathes of "pristine" Amazon rain forest may have been sophisticated "garden cities" prior to the arrival of European colonists, anthropologists say.
The rare pre-Inca mummy was masked and entombed with a child sacrifice. Found near high-rises in Lima, the tomb is one of the few known unlooted Wari burials.
An "exquisitely carved" statue of Roman leader Marcus Aurelius, with lion-skin boots and a feathery beard, has been discovered in an artifact-rich site in Turkey.
Forty thousand costumed revelers took to the streets in Tokushima, Japan, where some dancers emulate "drunken fools" in remembrance of a sake-infused 15th-century celebration.
The world's oldest intact mummy wore the hides of herd beasts, not wild animals, says a new study that suggests the Iceman lived in a pastoral-agricultural society.
Corruption is rife throughout water industries worldwide, forcing the poor to pay more for basic drinking water and sanitation services, a new report says.
Amazonian Indians have blocked roads and oil and gas projects in Peru to protest a new law that makes it easier for the government to sell their lands.
