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

Little by little researchers are unraveling the mysteries of the Maya culture of Central America ... revealing a turbulent period of time of the ancient Maya city of Tikal. An altar was found ...

(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 ...

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

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 ...

Along with other children, I broke away from the tour group and wandered among the chambers inside the ancient Mayan edifices. I ran my hands along the walls, imagining that if I pressed a stone ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King ...

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 ...

La Brújula Verde reports that Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the recovery of a ...