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Guatemalan Cave Holds Evidence of Maya Human Sacrifice
In the 1990s, archaeologists made a grisly discovery when they entered a cave beneath the Maya site of Dos Pilas in Petén.
Museum facilitates return of Mayan artifact from Chicago philanthropist's collection
A Chicago family purchased the artifact, a limestone frieze that was most likely once part of an ancient Mayan building, in a ...
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Ancient Maya genomes reveal the practice of male twin ritual sacrifice at Chichén Itzá
Twin sacrifice is a central theme in the sacred ... The Hero Twins and their adventures are amply represented in Classic Maya art, and because subterranean structures were viewed as entrances ...
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Archaeologists have discovered a 1,600-year-old Maya altar, surrounded by children's bones
Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role. New archaeological finds add to evidence that the Maya city of Tikal in ...
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Hidden Mayan altar used to sacrifice children unearthed in abandoned 'city of the gods'
An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an ... and cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and the elite of Teotihuacan between ...
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Mayan sacrifices were extra grim for one reason
Twin sacrifice is a central theme in the sacred ... The Hero Twins and their adventures are often represented in Classic Maya art, and because subterranean structures were viewed as entrances ...
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Pilsen museum facilitates return of Mayan artifact from Chicago philanthropist's collection
A Chicago family purchased the artifact, a limestone frieze that was most likely once part of an ancient Mayan building, in a ...