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.

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 ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of ... probable conquest of Tikal by Teotihuacan. Other ruins near the city suggest ...

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A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

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Just steps from the center of Tikal, a Maya city more than 2,400 years old located in the heart of present-day Guatemala, an international team of researchers — including scholars from Brown ...

In Guatemala’s Tikal ... an ancient Maya city in Guatemala, learn about Moloch, the ancient pagan god of child sacrifice. Or, take a deeper dive into the history of human sacrifice in pre-Columbian ...