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

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

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

Tikal is a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of Guatemala—far flung from Mexico’s ancient city of Teotihuacan. The ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of Tikal, a ...

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

Learn how an altar has revealed the rivalry between the ancient cities of Tikal and Teotihuacan.

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

A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the ...

“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 ...