Known as the “Tikal Marcador,” the stone carving symbolizes victory in Teotihuacan style while bearing Mayan hieroglyphs. “Around A.D. 378, Teotihuacan was essentially decapitating a kingdom,” Houston ...

Such a design resembles other representations of a deity known as the “Storm God,” more common in Teotihuacan than Mayan art. Two bodies were buried underneath the altar – one probably an ...

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but ...

Mayan art and writing ... the iconography of the Teotihuacán culture—especially its grim-visaged storm god, Tlaloc. Only six years ago, David Stuart untangled a series of fourth-century ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An illustration of a Teotihuacan-style altar that ...

An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an abandoned 'city of the gods'. The archaeologist who led the discovery, Lorena Paiz, said the ...

There were also Mayan people being taken to Cuba to work as slave labor. This is what the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced this week, highlighting it is an unprecedented ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture ...