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

An intricately decorated altar that may have been used for child sacrifices has been found in the ruins of Tikal, an ancient ...

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

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An ancient altar found in Guatemala offers striking evidence of the relationship between the Maya and the ancient metropolis ...

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

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in ...

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