An "extraordinary" nose ornament made from human bone was discovered at the site of an ancient Maya city in Mexico. Researchers found the unique artifact during work at the Palenque Archaeological ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed fragmented skulls and numerous human bones scattered on the floor of Cueva de Sangre, a cave in Petén, Guatemala, where people were sacrificed in a Maya ritual to ...

DOS PILAS, GUATEMALA—In the 1990s, archaeologists made a grisly discovery when they entered a cave beneath the Maya site of Dos Pilas in Petén. The team encountered hundreds of fragmented human bones ...

Archaeologists find hundreds of Maya bones in the Cave of Blood, Guatemala, with traces of rituals, violence, and sacred ...

A large, charred deposit containing royal human remains and ornaments found inside a Maya temple-pyramid was likely part of a "dramatic and public ritual" during a regime change. Archaeologists ...