Archaeologists have long assumed that Maya tools like obsidian blades ... and many of them appear to have been used simply as kitchen knives. Now, archaeologists are using new techniques to ...

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More than a dozen stone knives have been found in the ancient Maya city of Kulubá near a sacrificial ... three of flint and 13 of obsidian, materials that are not available in the Yucatán ...

Researchers have discovered 42 obsidian ritual stones in the ancient Mayan city of Ceibal, Guatemala, some of which were found in the graves of child sacrifices. The findings suggest that the ...

Archaeologists have discovered 42 obsidian ritual stones from an ancient Mayan city in Guatemala, some of which were found in the graves of child sacrifices. The precious rocks were thought to ...

Presented by Dr. James Stemp: Both the functional and ideological aspects of obsidian blades, as objects used to let blood and as symbols of bloodletting, were fundamental to ancient Maya religious ...