(This ancient society tried to stop El Niño—with child sacrifice.) The newfound altar itself is about six feet wide, four feet deep, and a little over three feet high. It was built from layers ...

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 Greek werewolf.

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 ...

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 ...

The altar, discovered in the ancient Mayan city of Tikal in present-day Guatemala, is believed to have come from the Teotihuacan culture from modern Mexico, demonstrating interactions between them ...