Tikal National Park in northeast Guatemala is a phenomenal and almost otherworldly place to visit. With its massive pyra ...

Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Ch ...

Though magnificent, the ruins of Tikal visible today represent but a ... Code,“he singlehandedly held back the decipherment [of Mayan hieroglyphs] for four decades” and, consequently, the ...

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

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old traditions, and an opportunity to learn about the country’s history ...

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In the 1960s, researchers uncovered a stone carving from A.D. 378 that described the probable conquest of Tikal by Teotihuacan. Other ruins near the city suggest an extended period of conflict ...

In an urban housing complex dating back to the 4th century AD in the middle of the jungle of Guatemalaarchaeologists ...

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, demonstrating the ...

Despite finding the altar in Tikal, a ruined Mayan city situated in modern Guatemala, archaeologists believe it wasn’t decorated by Mayas. Instead, they say it was the work of artists trained ...

But the real discovery is who built the altar and where. So get this - Tikal, Guatemala, is a Mayan location. But the altar that was discovered is distinctly Teotihuacan, a location 600 miles away ...