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

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

Though Tikal may have been settled by at least 600 b.c., most of the city’s edifices were built during what is called the Classic period of Maya history, from a.d. 250 to 900. It was a time when ...

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

A team of archaeologists has uncovered asignificant find in Tikal, Guatemala. This altar, which was buried under the jungle ...

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Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern ... anthropology, and history of art and architecture at Brown, who co-authored the paper.

The older Emilio transmitted to the younger his keen interest in Guatemalan history, and they both paid close attention to ongoing excavations in and around the Maya Biosphere Reserve. As María ...

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A book on the Holocaust and Maya Angelou's autobiography were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U.S. Naval Academy's library this week.