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

An ancient altar ... dominance of the Maya world. Meanwhile, Teotihuacan lay far to the north in Mexico, just outside modern-day Mexico City. Known as 'the city of the gods' or 'the place where ...

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

The city is famous for its grand Avenue of the Dead, which leads to monumental structures like the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon ... altar found in an ancient Maya city in Guatemala, learn about Moloch ...

The greatest civilisations of humanity – today increasingly merged into the amorphous world of the globalised consumer society – began from three epicentres, in the Fertile Crescent, the Indus Valley ...

UNESCO didn’t agree with the Seven New Wonders of the World—but they’re still worth a visit, if you know how to navigate the crowds.

Tubes at the property’s winding lazy river await for when families are ready to cool off in the sun, while off-site excursions allow children to see the region’s ancient ruins up close.

The temperature is pushing 95, and the equatorial sun beats down through the forest ... decorated with images of regional deities and the Hindu god Vishnu, and a brilliantly engineered water ...