A new discovery tells of a turbulent episode in the Mayan city of Tikal according to the researchers who unearthed an ancient altar that wasn’t Mayan.

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex geopolitics of ...

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A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

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

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

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

A group of scientists have discovered a buried altar in Guatemala which had remains of people left in mysterious positions so ...

A large necropolis discovered in an ancient oasis provides a missing piece to the archaeological puzzle of the Iron Age, officials said. Screengrab from the United Arab Emirates' Department of Culture ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed ... of anthropology and archaeology at Brown. “The Maya regularly buried buildings and rebuilt on top of them,” he said in ...

Photo by the National Institute of Anthropology and History Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de ...