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

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 ...

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

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

An archeologist quoted in a CBS News report about human sacrifice altars in Guatemala seemingly claimed the sacrificing ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

CBS News ran a story on a recently uncovered altar from the Teotihuacan culture in present day Mexico. It’s located in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, which was the heart of Mayan culture, showing ...

Temple I, or Temple of the Great ... has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the interactions between the two ancient ...

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 ...