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

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 ...

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

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

An ancient altar has been ncovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala that is believed to shed light on how Mayan and ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...