It took archaeologists one and a half years to uncover the altar in a dwelling and analyse it before the announcement. “The ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, has been discovered in Tikal National ...

Archaeologists found the remains of three children under the age of four alongside the artifact — suggesting that it was once ...

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The altar stands in the courtyard of what was once a wealthy, influential person’s home in Tikal. At just over 1 meter tall, ...

In a nutshell Archaeologists discovered a 5th-century painted altar at Tikal with undeniable Teotihuacan artistic style, ...

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

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 ...

F amous for its iconic pyramid and temples, the ancient Maya city of Tikal is no stranger to imperial conflict, having ...

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the ...

While the word temple predominantly conjures images of Hindu and Buddhist structures, the term encompasses any place of worship spanning all religions, from Jainism to Taoism and everything in ...