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

Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have ... referring to empires sparring and competing for cultural influence. “Everyone knows what happened to the Aztec civilization after the ...

F amous for its iconic pyramid and temples, the ancient Maya city of Tikal is no stranger to imperial conflict, having ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

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

The study doesn’t stop at Rome and China. It also compares these findings with other ancient civilizations, such as the Aztec Empire in 1492, which, according to the data, was even more extractive ...

Placing this discovery within the wider context of ancient Mesoamerica and its competing empires, Houston goes on to explain that the “powers of central Mexico reached into the Maya world ...