The painting and artistry is not what sticks out to archeologists at a newly discovered ancient altar in Guatemala. The likely sacrificed human remains and its craftsmanship tells the story of a major ...

A large, charred deposit containing royal human remains and ornaments found inside a Maya temple-pyramid was likely part of a "dramatic and public ritual" during a regime change. Archaeologists ...

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 the ...

The ancient Mayan civilization has been known for its advanced architectural and astronomical knowledge and has left behind ...

A tourist was berated by an angry crowd and hit with a stick after climbing the steps of the Mayan Temple of Kukulcán pyramid in Chichén Itzá over the weekend. The unnamed Polish man incited outrage ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the original structure built at the pyramid of Kukulkan at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. Last year, archaeologists using electrical imagining techniques ...

A tourist in Mexico is facing charges after he climbed stairs of one of the New Seven Wonders of the World before furious locals took justice into their own hands by beating the man. Bystander footage ...