This artistic rendering of a centuries-old altar, found in the Maya city of Tikal, was likely painted by an artist from Teotihuacan. Image 2 of 3. a lidar map of an excavation site.

View of the "Gran Jaguar" (Big Jaguar) Mayan temple, located in the Great Plaza of the Tikal archaeological site at the Maya Biosphere in Peten, Guatemala on July 24, 2024.

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 ...

Scientists use laser technology to uncover more Mayan ruins 03:10. An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in ...

News; World news; Guatemala; Hidden Mayan altar used to sacrifice children unearthed in abandoned 'city of the gods' An ancient altar has been ncovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala that is ...

Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Today Tikal is a ...

The ancient Maya city of Tikal, in modern-day Guatemala, flourished between roughly 600 B.C. and A.D. 900. Starting out as a modest series of hamlets, it became a great Maya city-state with more ...

Mysterious Tikal altar that wasn't Maya after all includes at least 4 skeletons — and 1 was a child Estimates vary, but there were thought to be between 30,000 and 60,000, or possibly up to ...

Raymond Vincent Ashcroft, 66, and his wife were visiting the renowned Mayan city of Tikal with a bird-watching group on Feb. 3 when he mysteriously vanished, authorities said.

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it appears foreigners from Teotihuacan built it.