A group of scientists have discovered a buried altar in Guatemala which had remains of people left in mysterious positions so many centuries ago.

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

This altar, which was buried under the jungle floor for centuries, reveals a complex picture of Maya life during a turbulent period marked by interaction with the mighty Teotihuacan civilization.

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A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers ... a nose bar and spool-shaped ear jewelry (picture a fancy ancient version of modern earlobe plugs). Proyecto Arqueológico del Sur de Tikal ...

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--The hollowed out head of an ancient Buddhist statue kept at the Myooin temple here revealed sheet after sheet of “washi” traditional paper adorned with images ...

(CNN) — 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 ...