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

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

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 ...

How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims ... at Egyptian Tomb Illuminates Life Before Pharaohs Read New Clues About Human Sacrifices at Ancient Peruvian Temple New Clues About Human Sacrifices ...

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.

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 ...