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

Even more surprising, however, is the altar’s history. Archaeologists found the remains of three children under the age of four alongside the artifact — suggesting that it was once used for child ...

Child remains found at ancient sacrifice altar hidden in national park - The remains of three children were found at the altar in Tikal National Park in Guatemala ...

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

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

IN 2025 years AD, the road to visa heaven is strewn with sacrificial lambs. Centuries prior though, birth and death, poverty and wealth, faith and kingdoms were defined and redrawn as power changed ...

The Altar of Land and Grain in Zhongshan Park was the site of imperial sacrifices to the gods of land (she) and grain (ji) in the Ming and Qing. The altar is a three-tiered square platform built ...

An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an abandoned 'city of the gods'. The archaeologist who led the discovery, Lorena Paiz, said the ...

Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, said that the Teotihuacan altar was believed to have been used for sacrifices, “especially of children.” “The remains of three children ...

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the ...