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

Oppression studies dictates that Western values, culture, and even science aren’t any better than others’, and since they’ve ...

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

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

Robby Soave delivers radar about an ancient altar found in Guatemala that was apparently used for "child sacrifices," ...

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

While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...