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 altar (not pictured).

This obsidian knife blade found in Lake Petén Itzá could have been used for sacrifices, the researchers say. ... Mayan culture also influenced other Mesoamerican civilizations, ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that Maya tools like obsidian blades, bone needles and even stingray tails found in ritual contexts were used for bloodletting rituals. The problem is, it's hard ...

Mayan child sacrifices in Guatemala were buried with 'supernatural' jet black volcanic stones 4,000 years ago. Scientists found obsidian while excavating the ancient Mayan city of Ceibal ...

A rock outcrop was found 5 meters from the altar, on which a mortar was excavated, also fragments of Late Postclassic ceramics from an obsidian knife and two human molars. Throughout the Playa del ...

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.

Ancient Maya Blood Sacrifice Using Obsidian Blades. Section Menu. Putnam Science Center - Room 101. Wednesday, October 02, 2019 · 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Presented by Dr. James Stemp: Both the ...