Marine archaeologists think they have located the remains of Christopher Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria, off the coast of Haiti. It joins an impressive list of other historic wrecks that have been found recently
Search for Inca ‘lost city’ in Amazon may endanger indigenous people
A six-week expedition starting in July will try to find Paititi in the Megantoni National Sanctuary in south-east Peru
British Museum’s El Dorado exhibition shines light on ancient Andeans
Colombia’s little-understood pre-Hispanic cultures are revealed in their full complexity with this display of gold artefacts
• British Museum strikes gold with El Dorado show
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Mayan astronomical charts found in Guatemalan jungle are oldest known
Paintings of the Mayan king and astronomical hieroglyphs unearthed in a room buried under a collapsed building