The discovery of an ancient Mayan altar with bodies inside including that of a child in a seated position has sparked a ...

Tikal, one of the most powerful Maya city-states, became a rival in this network. Previous discoveries — such as the famous ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers including scholars from Brown University have unearthed a buried ...

The artistic style used for the altar captures the figure and face of a man clad in a feathered headdress, surrounded by rich ...