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But now archeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old altar while working on a project in Tikal National Park. The Maya-era residence—dubbed Group 6D-XV—features a distinctly Teotihuacan ...

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.

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used ... for centuries with the Kaanul dynasty for dominance of the Maya world. Far to the north in Mexico, just outside present-day Mexico ...

“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 ...