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

Tikal was one of the biggest and most important cities of the Maya civilization. Founded in 850 BCE, it chugged along for centuries as a small backwater until its sudden rise to wealth and ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of the Maya city of Tikal have unearthed a 1,600-year-old altar likely used for human sacrifices, surrounded by the bones of children.

Archaeologists in southeastern Mexico recently unearthed an ancient crypt dating back more than 1,000 years and made a ...

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

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers has unearthed a buried altar that could unlock the secrets of a ...

Archaeologists believe that the altar was built around the late 300s CE in the Maya city of Tikal. It is decorated with four panels painted red, black, and yellow and depict a person wearing a ...

How Tikal Became One of the Greatest Mayan Cities—and Then Vanished. Tikal developed from a small “watering hole” into one of the biggest and most powerful Maya cities of Mesoamerica.

Despite finding the altar in Tikal, a ruined Mayan city situated in modern Guatemala, archaeologists believe it wasn’t decorated by Mayas. Instead, ...

Scientists use laser technology to uncover more Mayan ruins 03:10. An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the ruins of a 3,000-year-old Maya city featuring “remarkable” architecture, including pyramids and monuments, that shed more light on the ancient ...