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

A group of scientists have discovered a buried altar in Guatemala which had remains of people left in mysterious positions so many centuries ago.

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

CBS News ran a story on a recently uncovered altar from the Teotihuacan culture in present day Mexico. It’s located in Tikal National Park, Guatemala, which was the heart of Mayan culture, showing ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

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Photo by the National Institute of Anthropology and History Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de ...

An illustration of a Teotihuacan-style altar that was recently discovered in the Mayan site of Tikal is displayed on a screen as Guatemalan archaeologist Lorena Paiz, right, speaks during a press ...

(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 ...