Every year, millions of tourists flock to Chichen Itza to marvel at the ancient architecture and learn about the Mayan culture. Sacrificial rituals were common at the famous site. Over the years, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered fragmented skulls from a Guatemalan cave where people were sacrificed in a brutal Maya ritual to appease the rain god. The Cueva de Sangre, or "blood cave", was first ...

It’s well-known that the ancient Maya had their own version of ball games, which were played with a rubber ball on stone courts. Such games served not just as athletic events but also religious ones ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered asignificant find in Tikal, Guatemala. This altar, which was buried under the jungle floor for centuries, reveals a complex picture of Maya life during a ...

View post: I Rode the Final Two Climbs of the Tour de France—and It Proved Pro Cyclists Aren’t Human Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas) recently ...

Archaeologists discovered, through environmental DNA technology, that ceremonial rituals of the ancient Mayan civilization at the Yaxnohcah ruins (Yucatán Peninsula) were conducted with hallucinogens.

(CNN) — Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan complex in Guatemala, revealing sanctuaries, pyramids and a unique canal system that could shed further light on the ...

Age is a rite of passage marked in many cultures through ritual and rite. As one of the most intriguing societies in history, ...

Archaeologists studying the ruins of an Ancient Mayan city of Yaxnohcah, on the Yucatán Peninsula in southeastern Mexico, found evidence of at least four psychedelic or medicinal plants that were used ...