The altar stands in the courtyard of what was once a wealthy, influential person’s home in Tikal. At just over 1 meter tall, ...

SCHERER: It is the kind of altar that at Teotihuacan is found in residential complexes, and so probably the area that it was found is serving a similar sort of function. And it would've been used for ...

Archaeologists found the remains of three children under the age of four alongside the artifact — suggesting that it was once ...

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Tikal, the main archaeological site of Guatemala, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the jungle department of Petén, ...

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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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 ...

The artistic style used for the altar captures the figure and face of a man clad in a feathered headdress, surrounded by rich ...

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

F amous for its iconic pyramid and temples, the ancient Maya city of Tikal is no stranger to imperial conflict, having ...

An ancient Mayan altar in Tikal, a 2,400-year-old city in Guatemala, evidences a quasi-imperial control system before the ...