Skulls found at an ancient Mayan site have revealed evidence of a gruesome ritual from more than a thousand years ago. Four months ago, archaeologists with the Mexican National Institute of ...

Over 1,000 years ago, multiple Mayan men were decapitated at a temple in modern-day Mexico. Now, archaeologists have unearthed their skulls, shedding light on the culture and health of the Mayans ...

Over 1,000 years ago, multiple Mayan men were decapitated at a temple in modern-day Mexico. Now, archaeologists have unearthed their skulls, shedding light on the culture and health of the Mayans ...

Over 1,000 years ago, multiple Mayan men were decapitated at a temple in modern-day Mexico. Now, archaeologists have unearthed their skulls, shedding light on the culture and health of the Mayans ...

The skulls were artificially elongated, a practice associated with elite members of society, archaeologists said. Decapitated skulls — full of cavities and gems — from ancient Maya uncovered ...

Archaeologists announced that some individuals buried at a Maya pyramid more than 1,000 years ago had deformed skulls and had been killed in ritual beheadings.

An ancient Maya relief sculpture that was found in a German antique shop and is suspected to have been looted from Mexico was returned to that country on 18 July, by way of the Mexican consulate ...

A team from the Archeology Council of the National Institute of Anthropology and History found the Mayan city, which they named Ocomtun, in Mexico's Balamku ecological reserve.

The temple-pyramid is in Moral-Reforma, an ancient Mayan settlement, according to experts. INAH Archaeologists recently unearthed a massive burial site hidden beneath a towering temple-pyramid in ...