A 1,000-year-old altar from Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan culture has been discovered in the erstwhile Mayan city of Tikal in ...

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...

A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the country’s historical connection with its Central American neighbors. Three of ...

A combination of historical preservation and safety concerns mean big fines for visitors who climb the ancient structures ...

Puppets' placement at the highest pyramid suggests they were used for ... researchers at a burial site in the mountains of western Guatemala. These figures were made between 350 and 100 BC ...