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

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

The Maya civilization spanned across present ... Researchers believe that human sacrifices often involved high-ranking captives or volunteers, and were conducted during important ceremonies.

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

Which reminds me… Kukulkan demands human sacrifices. It is a great honour ... at around the same time (1500 BC). Maya households buried their dead underneath the floors so they could protect ...

These gods had to be pleased so Maya communities made regular offerings to them, in the form of animal (and sometimes human) sacrifices. The Maya worshipped family members who had died.

Although there was widespread belief that females were the primary focus of human sacrifices at the site ... the children had been drawn from local Maya populations, and that at least a quarter ...

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 ...

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