The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

Little by little researchers are unraveling the mysteries of the Maya culture of Central ... a turbulent period of time of the ancient Maya city of Tikal. An altar was found buried under what ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed ... Despite finding the altar in Tikal, a ruined Mayan city situated in modern Guatemala, archaeologists believe it wasn’t ...

In a nutshell Archaeologists discovered a 5th-century painted altar at Tikal with undeniable Teotihuacan artistic style, ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal ... Maya city probably involved an element of occupation or surveillance. Co-author Andrew Scherer, a professor of anthropology and of archaeology and the ...

A buried ancient altar at the center of the Maya city of Tikal points to the tensions between the Maya and their neighbors in the late 300s C.E. According to a new study in Antiquity, the altar wasn't ...