A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

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

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

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 ...

the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the interactions between the two ancient cultures. The discovery, announced by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, was made within ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious ... the faint outlines of a person wearing a feathered headdress on each panel and traces of bright red ...

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

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright ... As they investigated, they discovered this altar, which still bears the faint outlines ...