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

Tikal National Park in northeast Guatemala is a phenomenal and almost otherworldly place to visit. With its massive pyra ...

Andor is in full swing on Disney+, and it's been having a solid run so far. It's also returning focus to some locations we ...

Though magnificent, the ruins of Tikal visible today represent but a fraction of the original city-state. During its heyday, archaeologists say, “downtown” Tikal was about six square miles ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

Layout of relevant sector and architectural groups at Tikal, Guatemala (image by T.G. Garrison & H. Hurst). Set in the ruins of a residential courtyard called Group 6D-XV, the altar is painted ...

If some cities fell to power struggles and were abandoned then nature moved in and took the space back, resulting in overgrown ruins where once ... the Mayan city of Tikal is thought to have ...

Visiting Iximché Ruins makes for an ideal day trip from Lake Atitlan. The ruins aren’t as large or dramatic as the famous Tikal Ruins in the north, but they still have a fascinating history and are ...