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

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

The ancestors of the Ancient Maya used an ingenious method of food collection that enabled their population to grow.

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over ...

The Temple of Kukulkan In late February this year, I set foot on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula to explore the ancient Maya city ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a ... a professor at Brown University who specializes in Mayan culture. “This is a story of empire – how important kingdoms ...