“This characterization of Maya sacrifice was catapulted to the forefront ... likely with different “victim profiles” for different religious occasions throughout the year and time cycles.

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. How did the Maya choose sacrifice victims? DNA yields new clues. This ancient society tried to stop El Niño—with child sacrifice ...

Archaeologists working in northern Guatemala (formerly the Mayan city of Dos Pilas) recently discovered fragments of more ...

Now, researchers have presented evidence showing the cave was used by the Maya people for ritual human sacrifice some two millennia ago. Researchers, including Michele Bleuze from California State ...

An ancient altar has been unearthed that is believed to have been used to sacrifice children in an ... and cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and the elite of Teotihuacan between ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of injury. The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were ...

Maya Meftahi is telling her story of child abuse - and campaigning for safe places for young victims to run to. She was abused from the age of four at the hands of her father and suffered a "very ...

The cave was likely accessible only during the dry season, between March and May, and the researchers think this timing is a clue to the meaning of the sacrifice. One important contemporary Maya ...

Now, researchers have presented evidence showing the cave was used by the Maya people for ritual human sacrifice some two millennia ago. Researchers, including Michele Bleuze from California State ...