Archaeologists made a chilling discovery inside Cueva de Sangre - aka a Mayan ‘Blood Cave’ - in Dos Pilas in Petén, Guatemala ...

Bleuze and Franco hypothesize that the rituals were conducted to appease the Mayan rain god Chaac, a way of ushering in the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual ...

Guatemala’s Cueva de Sangre, translated as “blood cave,” isn’t just a clever name. It’s an apropos description of the cave former purpose, as a depository of fragments of human remains sacrificed by ...

(Ancient Maya believed a rain god resided in caves and cenotes ... The body under the slab, covered with a jade death mask wearing a penetrating gaze, was identified as Pakal, laid to rest ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of injury. The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were ...

A similar mark on an infant’s hip bone was likely made around the time of death. That the bones were ... were likely intended to appease the Mayan rain god Chaac, but further studies, including ...

Even after 2,000 years of exposure to the intense heat and humidity of the Yucatán jungles, the temples, statues, and murals ...