In the 1990s, archaeologists made a grisly discovery when they entered a cave beneath the Maya site of Dos Pilas in Petén.

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

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual ...

Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas) recently discovered fragments of more ...

A blood cave in Guatemala has found to be home to scattered remains of human sacrifices rituals. With hundreds of humans ...

Archaeologists uncover human remains in a Guatemalan cave, revealing ancient Maya sacrifices linked to seasonal rain rituals.

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of ...

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Tikal was the ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation ... She said: "We see how the issue of sacrifice exists in both cultures. It was a practice; it's not that they were violent ...

The Maya kings became the high priests during the Classic period (250-900 AD). During the post Classic period (950-1539 AD) gods and human sacrifice were even more important. The Maya believed the ...

Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas ... cave was a sacred location in which ritual blood sacrifices were held. This theory is supported by the ...