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

While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — archaeologists came across an elaborately painted altar dating back to the ...

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

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old traditions, and an opportunity to learn about the country’s history from ...

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

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

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Tikal, Temple I Courtesy of Flickr user mtsrs ... I broke away from the tour group and wandered among the chambers inside the ancient Mayan edifices. I ran my hands along the walls, imagining ...

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 ...

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 ...