While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — ...

Robby Soave delivers radar about an ancient altar found in Guatemala that was apparently used for "child sacrifices," ...

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

When most people think of ancient Maya civilization, they imagine godlike kings building towering pyramids and reveling in bloody human sacrifice. But commoners also played a significant role in the ...

Sacrifices were often painted blue ... An island Mayan city survived until the 17th century. Long after other Mayan ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala uncover a Teotihuacan altar in Tikal, revealing ancient cultural and spiritual ties with the Maya ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds ... and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy ...

highlighting themes in Maya mythology. The remains date back to between 600 CE and 1100 CE, suggesting the sacrifices spanned a 500-year period, potentially linked to agricultural cycles or ...

Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...