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

The werewolf myth is not a product of modern fiction, but a story going back more than two millennia to Lycaon, the ancient ...

A Teotihuacan altar ... for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the interactions between the two ancient ...

An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an abandoned 'city of the gods'. The archaeologist who led the discovery, Lorena Paiz, said the ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala uncover a Teotihuacan altar in Tikal, revealing ancient cultural and spiritual ties with the Maya ...

An intricately decorated altar that may have been used for child sacrifices has been found in the ruins of Tikal, an ancient Maya city located in present-day Guatemala. Researchers say it ...

The painting and artistry is not what sticks out to archeologists at a newly discovered ancient altar ... inside of the altar. While both cities did practice human sacrifice, this specific burial ...