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

In the 1960s, researchers uncovered a stone carving from A.D. 378 that described the probable conquest of Tikal by ...

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

The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya ...

An intricately decorated altar that may have been used for child sacrifices has been found in the ruins of Tikal, an ancient Maya city located in present-day Guatemala. Researchers say it ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

All right, big archaeological news dropped this week. An ancient altar was found in Tikal, Guatemala. But the real discovery is who built the altar and where. So get this - Tikal, Guatemala ...