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 ...

A new discovery tells of a turbulent episode in the Mayan city of Tikal according to the researchers who unearthed an ancient ...

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 ...

Yet most of Tikal—the heart of Guatemala’s Tikal National Park, about an hour’s drive northeast of the modern city of Flores—has not even been excavated. And until recently, the same could ...

Archaeologists have been left stunned after they discovered compelling evidence confirming the interaction between the Mayan ...

Near the 2,400-year-old Maya city of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala, a team of researchers unearthed an altar that reveals more […] ...

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 ...

A group of scientists have discovered a buried altar in Guatemala which had remains of people left in mysterious positions so ...

In an urban housing complex dating back to the 4th century AD in the middle of the jungle of Guatemalaarchaeologists ...

CBS News has sparked outrage by attempting to frame the gruesome practice of child sacrifice in ancient Mesoamerica as a benign cultural ritual. This came after the network reported on the discovery ...