Peten Itza Project Sacrificial findsMany of the artifacts found in the lake were small pieces of ceramic, with a few dating to the Mayan proto-classic period -- between 150 B.C. and A.D. 250 ...

KRAKÓW, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that teams of Guatemalan and Polish researchers recovered several hundred Maya artifacts from Lake Petén Itzá, where the Classic period Maya capital ...

On a balmy morning in April I'm sitting in the courtyard of my hotel at the crack of dawn watching Lake Atitlan, waiting for the clouds to drift and reveal the three volcanoes that dominate its ...

Our final stop on the journey across Guatemala is Peten, the north-most department of the country and home to Tikal, one of the most significant Mayan ruins in Central America.