A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

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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 grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex geopolitics of ...

Germany's confectionery manufacturers produced fewer chocolate bunnies in the lead up to Easter than they did last year due to "skyrocketing cocoa prices," an industry association announced on Friday.

In a nutshell Archaeologists discovered a 5th-century painted altar at Tikal with undeniable Teotihuacan artistic style, proving people from central Mexico established a physical presence in the Maya ...

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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 ...

It illustrates the ‘Storm God’ in ... into the Maya world because they saw it as a place of extraordinary wealth, of special feathers from tropical birds, jade and chocolate.