Lake Atitlán in Guatemala is luring British travellers with its mountain hikes, tradition and low-key, affordable ...

In this exclusive interview, conducted by our partner, the Agenda Estado de Derecho editorial team, in collaboration with the Rule of Law Program for Latin America of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, ...

Well, there’s a twist on the story of this altar… Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, gave some bone-chilling details on what the altar was actually used for. As you can imagine, it ...

In short, researchers interpreted the discovery as evidence of Tikal as a likely cultural attraction to visitors from Teotihuacan far to the north. That, of course, qualifies as a point of academic ...

Near the 2,400-year-old Maya city of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala, a team of researchers unearthed an altar that reveals more […] ...

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 ...

Orsi is a Seattle-based editor on The Associated Press’ U.S. Desk. Previously he worked for AP as an editor and reporter based in Mexico City and Havana and as an editor on the Religion team.