As the ancient Mayan civilization slowly collapsed in Central America some thousand years ago, perhaps in the face of a quickly changing environment, its survivors retreated with their most precious ...

A Washington, D.C., woman had no idea that the vase she purchased for $3.99 at a thrift store was a Mayan artifact over 1,000 years old. Five years later, the misplaced ceramic will be returned to its ...

WASHINGTON — A homecoming 2,000 years in the making and it starts on the clearance rack of a local thrift store. A DC woman thought she scored a reproduced Mayan vase for a bargain. Turns out, her ...

For a long time, Anna Lee Dozier thought she had just stumbled upon a good deal. The Washington, D.C., resident paid about $4 for what she assumed was a reproduction of a Mayan vase. It turned out to ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government will welcome back 20 cultural artifacts that date to the country's storied ancient past, all found in the United States including a Mayan vase over 1,000 ...