Stock image: A Maya stone altar in Copán, Honduras. More than a dozen stone knives have been found in the ancient Maya city of Kulubá near a sacrificial ... and art, as well as their advanced ...

A turtleshell-shaped box and a sacrificial altar are among a treasure trove of 13,000 relics dating back over 3,000 years discovered by archaeologists in southwest China. The relics – many made ...

At the archaeological site of Sanxingdui in Sichuan, China, a trove of items was found in a series of sacrificial pits that ... a snake with a human head, an altar, gold masks, and jade items.

Archaeologists discovered 13,000 cultural relics during an excavation of the ancient site of Sanxingdui, near the city of Chengdu in China. The relics date from the Shang Dynasty (1600 B.C.E.-1046 ...