A blood cave in Guatemala has found to be home to scattered remains of human sacrifices rituals. With hundreds of humans ...

Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of bone fragments in northern Guatemala which they believe are linked to ancient ...

Archaeologists found items known to have been used in rituals, such as obsidian blades and red ochre, in the cave.

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

Archaeologists uncover human remains in a Guatemalan cave, revealing ancient Maya sacrifices linked to seasonal rain rituals.

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

Maya blue, discovered by modern researchers in 1931, is not an easy pigment to make. Echoing the color of an azure sky, the ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was ...

Now, researchers have presented evidence showing the cave was used by the Maya people for ritual human sacrifice some two millennia ago. Researchers, including Michele Bleuze from California State ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, believes that it was likely used for human sacrifice, particularly children ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture ...