Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists excavating an ancient Maya pyramid have uncovered royal remains that appear to have been burnt in an apparent "act of desecration", and Newsweek spoke to ...

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He scanned the ground around him. It took him a moment to realize: He was standing upon a giant, buried Maya pyramid. “Dios mio,” he said. “My God.” Then he noticed other humps of earth ...

the Venus deity,” the planet being of particular religious importance to the ancient Maya. To the west of the pyramid lies the great ball court, the largest in Mesoamerica. Bound by small ...

The slab was located on the floor of what was once a pool at the Nohoch Mul pyramid. Details about ancient Maya rulers are also featured on the slab. A stone slab covered with 123 hieroglyphic ...

including a 13-foot-high pyramid, has been identified as the oldest and largest monumental construction discovered in the Maya region, according to a paper published today in the journal Nature.

(CNN) — In an ancient Maya temple-pyramid in Guatemala, archaeologists recently discovered the scorched bones of at least four adults who were likely members of a royal lineage. The burning ...