A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

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Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

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Early examples of molcajetes, which are often made from volcanic rock, have been found at Aztec and Mayan archaeological sites, and the items are still common in kitchens and restaurants.

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Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers including scholars from Brown University have unearthed a buried ...

The artistic style used for the altar captures the figure and face of a man clad in a feathered headdress, surrounded by rich symbolic ornaments.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, ...

An illustration of a Teotihuacan-style altar that was recently discovered in the Mayan site of Tikal is displayed on a screen as Guatemalan archaeologist Lorena Paiz, right, speaks during a press ...