Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, believes that it was likely used for human sacrifice, particularly children ...

A recently unearthed altar in Tikal holds the burial of a child and adult, but it wasn't built by the Maya. Instead, it ...

In the small Peruvian town of Eten, the faithful flock every year to celebrate an apparent 17th century miracle featuring ...

(This ancient society tried to stop El Niño—with child sacrifice.) The newfound altar itself is about six feet wide, four feet deep, and a little over three feet high. It was built from layers ...

Temple I, or Temple of the Great Jaguar, in northern Tikal National Park, in Peten, Guatemala (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) From ...

In the Catholic tradition, an altar is placed to the Virgin Mary to ... about The Prophecy of Simeon in the presentation of the Child Jesus, the prophet uttered the bitter passion and death ...

A Teotihuacan altar, which archaeologists believe was used for sacrifices, has been unearthed in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the centre of Mayan civilisation, shedding new light on the ...