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An ancient Mayan altar in Tikal, a 2,400-year-old city in Guatemala, evidences a quasi-imperial control system before the Spanish arrival.

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(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex ...

A new discovery unearthed by an international team of archeologists in the heart of modern-day Guatemala has put another piece in the puzzle revealing a turbulent period of time of the ancient ...