The findings in the Upano Valley, researchers say, counter racist and dismissive attitudes about Amazonian heritage

Lidar light detection technology helped scientists to see beneath the foliage and discover the 2500-year-old settlement

A village in Brazil that was in use for around 500 years, until the 10th century, may have been laid out on a celestial schematic

The Irish artist’s latest work, on show in London and Melbourne, is the culmination of a three-year project

Plus, artist Rachel Maclean on Hieronymus Bosch's influence

The prehistoric murals—dubbed the "Sistine Chapel of the ancients"—depict people interacting with now extinct animals such as mastodons and giant sloths, before the region became a tropical rainforest

The Scythian tomb contained four women buried with all their regalia and weapons, including a gold headdress, spears and riding equipment