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

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

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

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 ...

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

T he Guatemalan government announced the discovery of an ancient Teotihuacan altar in Tikal National Park, shedding new light ...

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya ...

Tikal, one of the most powerful Maya city-states, became a rival in this network. Previous discoveries — such as the famous ...

A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the ...

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

It took archaeologists one and a half years to uncover the altar in a dwelling and analyse it before the announcement. “The ...