Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

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

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

An ancient altar has been ncovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala that is believed to shed light on how Mayan and ...

The discovery of a Teotihuacan altar at the heart of Tikal shows that the Maya and Teotihuacan cultures were closely linked ...

CBS News ran a story on a recently uncovered altar from the Teotihuacan culture in present day Mexico. It’s located in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, which was the heart of Mayan culture, showing ...

An archeologist quoted in a CBS News report about human sacrifice altars in Guatemala seemingly claimed the sacrificing ...

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

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 ...

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in ...

Some of the remains may have belonged to Maya individuals, Houston said, “but the tomb finds suggest close contact with, and perhaps an origin in, Teotihuacan. The sacrifices of infants fit with ...