At the peak of its glory, around a.d. 750, Tikal was home to at least 60,000 Maya and held sway over several other city-states scattered through the rain forest from the YucatánPeninsula to ...

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A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...

New archaeological finds add to evidence that the Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala was once ruled by people from Teotihuacan in modern Mexico, over 600 miles away. Photograph by Martin Bache ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of Tikal, a finding that could help researchers discern the nature of the city's ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of Tikal, a finding that could help researchers discern the nature of the city's ...

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

Traditionally, excavations deep in the jungles of Mexico, Central, and South America are difficult at best and dangerous at ...

This is the city of Tikal. Many years ago it would have ... Its name means 'flag of the Maya people', and it was the capital of a powerful union of states that eventually included Uxmal and ...

Going to war and buying and selling things were important parts of Maya society. Art and architecture were important too. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been ...

In a discovery announced by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, archaeologists working on a project in Tikal National Park discovered a Maya-era residence—dubbed Group 6D-XV—featuring a ...