Scientists studied the genetic makeup of seven Maya individuals—including one who was the victim of human sacrifice.

In Guatemala’s Tikal National Park, which was once the center of the Maya civilization, archaeologists discovered a fifth-century C.E. altar from the Teotihuacan culture. The Teotihuacan people ...

The Mayan people may have preferred to sacrifice boys, a new study has discovered. The findings were made in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, which used to be home to the ancient city of Chichén Itzá.

It’s not clear how widespread human sacrifice was among the Maya, ... Why the idea that the Maya civilization ‘collapsed’ is wrong. HISTORY & CULTURE. This Inca girl was frozen for 500 years.

Researchers note that twins played a prominent role in ancient Mayan origin stories and spirituality, and that the sacrifice of twins is a theme in the group’s 2,000-year-old religious text.

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 ...

A Maya vessel, dating from about A.D. 600-1000, that shows a Maya ballplayer wearing a thick protector to shield his torso from injury. The ballplayer dives to intercept the ball, which hovers in ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,600-year-old Maya altar, surrounded by children's bones. Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture.

An investigation into the dental plaque on Maya sacrifice victims in ... Archaeology 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture.

Although Mayan written sources clearly document human sacrificial rituals, many details about the Mesoamerican civilization’s ceremonial victims remain unknown. Thanks to new genetic analysis ...