A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

As the researchers investigated, they discovered this altar, which still bears the faint outlines of a person wearing a feathered headdress ... in Teotihuacan than Mayan art.

The altar reveals the presence of powerful rulers from Teotihuacan who were there at a time when a coup ousted Tikal’s Maya ...

The Trump administration has moved to fire federal employees who care for the more than 26,000 artworks and artifacts owned by the US government, potentially imperiling the collection, which contains ...

Maya Lin discusses her process of designing a monument for ... I don’t think you can say, “because of this, I did this; because of this, I did that.” I think art is wonderful because it’s everything ...

Dated to between 400 and 450 AD, during the Classic Mayan period, the altar was found ... It shows a painted face with a tasseled headdress, a necklace, and other Teotihuacan elements.

GUATEMALA CITY - A 1,000-year-old altar from Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan culture has been discovered in the erstwhile Mayan city of ... face with a tasseled headdress, a necklace, and other ...

The tomb's main feature is a large wall, peppered with niches where cremated remains would have been placed, and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They're ...

"Good example of William Mitchell’s relief sculpture, being an early work in concrete, in his distinctive `Aztec’ style, using innovative and unusual casting techniques, and thus ...