A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

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

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 ...

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

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in ...

An ancient altar found in Guatemala offers striking evidence of the relationship between the Maya and the ancient metropolis ...

SCHERER: It is the kind of altar that at Teotihuacan is found in residential complexes, and so probably the area that it was found is serving a similar sort of function. And it would've been used for ...

A new discovery tells of a turbulent episode in the Mayan city of Tikal according to the researchers who unearthed an ancient ...

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