Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Ch ...

NEW A 5th century AD decorated altar from the lowland Maya centre of Tikal, Guatemala, displays architectural and artistic forms from the powerful metropolis of Teotihuacan, Mexico, indicating an ...

Temple I, or Temple of the Great Jaguar, in northern Tikal National Park, in Peten, Guatemala (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From ...

In a discovery announced by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, archaeologists working on a project in Tikal National Park discovered a Maya-era residence—dubbed Group 6D-XV—featuring a ...

Home away from home: "Foreigners" from Teotihuacán built their own altars after arriving in the Maya city of Tikal. (Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes de Guatemala/X) A 1,600-year-old altar ...

SCHERER: It is the kind of altar that at Teotihuacan is found in residential complexes, and so probably the area that it was found is serving a similar sort of function. And it would've been used for ...