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 ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, believes that it was likely used for human sacrifice, particularly children ...

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

Founded in 200 B.C., it emerged as a regional superpower that dominated other city-states stretching from the ... most extensive hieroglyphics in the Mayan world, narrating the city's dynastic ...

While environmental factors played a role, the Spanish conquest of the 16th century marked the final chapter for many Mayan city-states. Warfare and disease decimated the indigenous populations ...

Eventually, it grew into an enormous city-state, battling for centuries with the Kaanul dynasty for dominance of the Maya world. Meanwhile, Teotihuacan lay far to the north in Mexico, just outside ...

T he archeology of Chichen Itza, one of the last Mayan city-states, is controversial and subject to ongoing debate due in part to the site’s similarities to non-Mayan sites. Like Teotihuacan to ...

Carrasco, an assistant professor of art history at Florida State University ... to build the first time line of rulers of a Maya city—one that, while impressive, is still fuzzy in places.

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

The enormous city-state of Tikal, whose towering temples still stand in the jungle, battled for centuries with the Kaanul dynasty for dominance of the Maya world. Far to the north in Mexico ...

The enormous city-state of Tikal, whose towering temples still stand in the jungle, battled for centuries with the Kaanul dynasty for dominance of the Maya world. Far to the north in Mexico ...