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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 ...
Tikal National Park in northeast Guatemala is a phenomenal and almost otherworldly place to visit. With its massive pyra ...
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Guatemalan authorities have arrested an Indigenous leader who spearheaded nationwide protests in 2023 that sought to ensure ...
Archaeologists have been left stunned after they discovered compelling evidence confirming the interaction between the Mayan ...
NEW A 5th century AD decorated altar from the lowland Maya centre of Tikal, Guatemala, displays architectural and artistic forms from the powerful metropolis of Teotihuacan, Mexico, indicating an ...
Temple I, or Temple of the Great Jaguar, in northern Tikal National Park, in Peten, Guatemala (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From ...
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 ...
Go from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific with a tour of one of the globe ... set of Mayan buildings that remain are at Tikal in northern Guatemala, the largest and possibly the oldest of ...
In a discovery announced by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, archaeologists working on a project in Tikal National Park discovered a Maya-era residence—dubbed Group 6D-XV—featuring a ...
Home away from home: "Foreigners" from Teotihuacán built their own altars after arriving in the Maya city of Tikal. (Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes de Guatemala/X) A 1,600-year-old altar ...
SCHERER: It is the kind of altar that at Teotihuacan is found in residential complexes, and so probably the area that it was found is serving a similar sort of function. And it would've been used for ...