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 geopolitics of ...
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 buried ancient altar at the center of the Maya city of Tikal points to the tensions between the Maya and their neighbors in the late 300s C.E. According to a new study in Antiquity, the altar wasn't ...
Archaeologists excavating a medieval monastery in Spain unearthed a unique 1,900-year-old Roman altar dedicated to a Basque deity, photos show. Photo from Juantxo Agirre via Aranzadi Science Society ...
Archaeologists excavating some 4,000-year-old ruins in Peru found a circular altar used for ceremonial burns, officials said and photos show. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture At the base of an ...
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