In the late 1990s, a group of archaeologists discovered the skeleton of a human sacrifice victim within an ancient temple in ... which were first invented by the Maya around 700 to 800 C.E ...

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

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Archaeologists in Guatemala uncover a Teotihuacan altar in Tikal, revealing ancient cultural and spiritual ties with the Maya ...

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 ...

It probably speaks to the complicated feelings they had about Teotihuacan.” [ Related: Ancient Mayan human sacrifices involved twins. ] Archeologists believe that Tikal’s collective memory of ...