Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers has unearthed a buried altar that could unlock the secrets of a ...

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The structure is covered in gold plates and topped with a crown containing 4,531 diamonds, including one that weighs 72 ...

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