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

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

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There is no sign of any other human settlement ... digging a site and not greatly change our understanding of Classic Maya civilization. What changes it is the fortuitous discovery of a new ...

testify to the influence of Teotihuacan — an important site of cultural exchange and innovation in Classic Mesoamerica — on Mayan civilization. Dated to between 400 and 450 AD, during the ...

Archaeologists just made an incredible discovery deep in the jungle—a lost Maya city! Hidden for centuries, this ancient city was found using high-tech tools like lasers to scan through the dense ...

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

An often overlooked pyramid in Mexico was filled with pools of a rare element in its underground chambers, leading to new ...