A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

an ancient city-state deep in the jungle of Guatemala, was once a powerful hub of the Maya civilization. During its peak, between 200 and 900 C.E., it was a major political, economic, and military ...

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

Belize may not be the first country to come to mind when you think of famous Mayan archaeological wonders. Sites like Ch ...

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The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

Tikal was the ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation ... centre with the construction of major pyramids and temples. Eventually, it grew into an enormous city-state, battling for ...

The centre of town is at the top of a hill, around a plaza presided over by a white cathedral built on the site of a Maya temple, and ringed with ancient stelae (stone tablets) inscribed with Maya ...

The Guatemalan government announced the discovery of an ancient Teotihuacan altar in Tikal National Park, shedding new light on the interactions between the Teotihuacan and Mayan cultures ...

Temple I, or Temple of the ... the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the interactions between the two ancient cultures. The discovery, announced by Guatemala’s Culture and ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex ...