The US is less than 250 years old, but some of its most important archaeological sites are older than the Viking seafarers, the Roman Empire, and the pyramids.. Many help tell the story of how the ...

Tsé Yaa Kin or Mummy Cave, is an alcove village revered by Indigenous people as an ancestral place. TséYaa Kin means "House Under the Rock" and is aptly named. The 1,700-year-old site is nestled in ...

Canyon de Chelly is one of the most impressive places in the Southwest. Its vertical canyon walls tower 1,000 feet high as the Rio de Chelly winds through its ancient walls. And, it preserves nearly 5 ...

Drive along the rims of Canyon del Muerto and Canyon de Chelly and stop at overlooks that reveal the treasures within, from graceful stone towers to gravity-defying spires.

In early 2022, Belger got the assignment from Smithsonian to tag along with researchers doing remarkable work at Tse Yaa Kin, a sacred Native site within Canyon de Chelly National Monument, on the ...

The Canyon de Chelly National Monument, on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, encompasses 83,000-odd acres of sandstone peaks and plateaus towering above waterways dotted with pines ...

About 333,350 people visited Canyon de Chelly National Monument in 2023, according to the National Park Service, spending about $42.1 million in the area and supporting about 574 jobs.

Canyon de Chelly is located within the Navajo Nation, on the outskirts of Chinle, Ariz. The monument was designated in 1931 "to protect prehistoric villages built between 350 and 1300 A.D ...

The ban from the National Park Service and the FAA on air tours over Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo Nation in Arizona takes effect in 180 days.

Commercial air tours over Canyon de Chelly in northeastern Arizona will soon be banned under a plan finalized last week by the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration. The plan, ...

Commercial air tours over Canyon de Chelly in northeastern Arizona will soon be banned under a plan finalized last week by the National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration.. The ...