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

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Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

Tikal, one of the most powerful Maya city-states, became a rival in this network. Previous discoveries — such as the famous ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered an altar that holds the burial of a child and adult in the Maya city of Tikal, a ...

SCHERER: It is the kind of altar that at Teotihuacan is found in residential complexes, and so probably the area that it was found is serving a similar sort of function. And it would've been used for ...

An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an abandoned 'city of the gods ... interaction between the Maya of Tikal and the elite of ...

Famous for its iconic pyramid and temples, the ancient Maya city of Tikal is no stranger ... Tikal altar suggests it relates to the ‘Storm God’”, who was associated with rain, fertility ...

It shows Teotihuacan left a heavy imprint there.” Before the discovery, Maya scholars knew of a long-lasting relationship with Teotihuacan. Between its 850 B.C. founding and about 100 A.D., Tikal was ...

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