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Mysterious altar found in ancient Mayan city contains bodies – and wasn’t made by the Maya
Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...
Archeologists find ancient child remains inside Maya altar
Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...
Rewriting Mayan History: Archaeologists Discover Hidden Altar Buried Underground
A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...
Archaeologists Excavating a Maya City Found a 1,700-Year-Old Altar. It Shouldn’t Have Been There.
Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...
Archaeologists Found a Smoking Gun Behind the End of the Maya Kingdom’s Reign
The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...
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Altar found in Guatemalan jungle evidence of mingling of Mayan and Teotihuacan cultures, experts say
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 ...