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 ...

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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.

When it came to human sacrifices, the ancient Maya actually may have preferred sacrificing boys over girls. Children’s remains were found in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, where the ancient city ...

On the edge of a small cornfield near the ruined Maya city ... an offering of a human skull, pottery, the skull of a dog, deer bones, and a two-edged knife probably used for sacrifices, all ...

Dr. Jaime Awe never imagined that one phone call would lead to one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Belize ...