Discovering Maya cities used to involve bushwhacking through the jungle, schlepping gear and sidestepping snakes. And over ...

Among those lost were a construction worker who supported his family, a cancer survivor, an avid soccer fan, a college ...

Though Costa Rica is a small country, it boasts coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Traveling between ...

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

A preliminary investigation said that Alonzo covered criminal issues and was investigating criminal groups in the region.

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 ...

Tikal, one of the most powerful Maya city-states, became a rival in this network. Previous discoveries — such as the famous ...

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

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

"A Voice Came Down the Mountain" tells of Winckler's encounter with "Capitána Ana" at a hideout on a volcano named Atitlán, near a lake of legendary beauty, high in the Sierre Madre de Chiapas range ...

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 ...

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