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

A spider is often sculpted on some Durga idols, especially in parts of Eastern India. It is placed between the forehead and ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in ...

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

Archaeologists found the remains of three children under the age of four alongside the artifact — suggesting that it was once ...

It’s increasingly clear that this was an extraordinary period of turbulence at Tikal,” said Stephen Houston, who co-authored ...

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

In a world of complex threats and challenges, the Department of Defense has decided to tackle one of the gravest: a quintessential piece of American literature.

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, has been discovered in Tikal National ...

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON (AP) — Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were ...