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

Tikal National Park in northeast Guatemala is a phenomenal and almost otherworldly place to visit. With its massive pyra ...

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Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

CBS News has sparked outrage by attempting to frame the gruesome practice of child sacrifice in ancient Mesoamerica as a benign cultural ritual. This came after the network reported on the discovery ...

In an urban housing complex dating back to the 4th century AD in the middle of the jungle of Guatemalaarchaeologists ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

CBS News ran a story on a recently uncovered altar from the Teotihuacan culture in present day Mexico. It’s located in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, which was the heart of Mayan culture, showing ...

Archaeologists have been left stunned after they discovered compelling evidence confirming the interaction between the Mayan ...

A new discovery tells of a turbulent episode in the Mayan city of Tikal according to the researchers who unearthed an ancient ...

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in ...

Despite finding the altar in Tikal, a ruined Mayan city situated in modern Guatemala, archaeologists believe it wasn’t decorated by Mayas. Instead, they say it was the work of artists trained ...