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

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 geopolitics of ...

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of Tikal, a finding that could help researchers discern the nature of the city's ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

A new discovery tells of a turbulent episode in the Mayan city of Tikal according to the researchers who unearthed an ancient altar that wasn’t Mayan.

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

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

A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

"The remains of three children not older than four years were found on three sides of the altar," Paiz said. The discovery provides evidence of links between the Maya and Teotihuacan cultures ...

“The Maya regularly buried buildings and rebuilt on top of them,” he said in a statement. “But here, they buried the altar and surrounding buildings and just left them, even though this ...