An intricately decorated altar that may have been used for child sacrifices has been found in the ruins of Tikal, an ancient ...

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

An ancient altar has been ncovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala that is believed to shed light on how Mayan and ...

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

Cecrops, Athens’ first king, banned bloody sacrifices and reformed worship with laws, morality, and symbolic offerings.

Robby Soave delivers radar about an ancient altar found in Guatemala that was apparently used for "child sacrifices," according to archaeologists.

A roughly 4,800-year-old royal Mesopotamian cemetery in eastern Turkey appears to complicate existing theories about how some ...

Well, there’s a twist on the story of this altar… Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, gave some bone-chilling details on what the altar was actually used for. As you can imagine, it ...

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed ... new light on the interactions between the two ancient cultures. The discovery, announced by ...