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 ...

Mystery sacrifice altar hidden in jungle reveals shock crossover of ancient cultures - An altar has been discovered in Tikal ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists ... depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo ...

Tikal, Temple I Courtesy of Flickr user mtsrs ... No such luck—but that didn't diminish the mystery that enshrouds the ancient city in Guatemala. Founded in 200 B.C., it emerged as a regional ...

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 ...

Art and architecture were important too. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption ...

I’m in the city as a gateway to Tikal, one of Central America’s largest and most famous Maya archaeological sites, a 90-minute drive north. Visiting ancient Maya settlements is a highlight of ...

The ancient city of Holmul ... TO RIGHT): NATIONAL PALACE, MEXICO CITY; MUSEO DE SITIO DE COMALCALCO, MEXICO Holmul isn’t a big, famous site like nearby Tikal, and it was mostly ignored by ...

I’m in the city as a gateway to Tikal, one of Central America’s largest and most famous Maya archaeological sites, a 90-minute drive north. Visiting ancient Maya settlements is a highlight of ...