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

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

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over ...

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

"The Maya regularly buried buildings and rebuilt on top of them," Scherer said in the statement. "But here, they buried the ...

The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya ...

and a complex of mysterious buildings called the Central Acropolis. At the peak of its glory, around a.d. 750, Tikal was home to at least 60,000 Maya and held sway over several other city-states ...

A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the ...

It will accompany the Maya Day Club, just next door ... of Scottsdale’s next great neighborhood with extensive shade and buildings designed with varying heights and uses," according to city ...