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

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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 ...

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 uncovered the buried altar in a building complex just outside the center of Tikal, which is known for striking limestone temples. (Image Courtesy of Brown University) A buried ancient ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex geopolitics of ...

The glyph resembles how a ruler’s tied-back hair might look from behind (see stela, page 46), and appears on stelae in ancient Maya city ... Tikal still keeps some secrets. Scanning a map ...