A study discovered that human remains found at a mass burial site were identified as boys between the ages of 3 and 6 Getty New research reveals that the Mayan empire would offer young boys, including ...

The Mayan people may have preferred to sacrifice boys, a new study has discovered. The findings were made in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, which used to be home to the ancient city of Chichén Itzá. The ...

(a) Location of the Maya region in the Americas. (b) Geographical locations of Chichén Itzá and Tixcacaltuyub in the Yucatan Peninsula. (c) Stratigraphy for the chultún and the adjacent cave in which ...

The skeletal remains of a human sacrifice victim, dating back 1,200 years, were unearthed in Mexico, officials said. The bones were encased in a ceramic vessel found underground at an archaeological ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

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The remains of a young Mayan individual, dating back 1,200 years, were unearthed in Mexico, officials said. Photo from INAH The skeletal remains of a human sacrifice victim, dating back 1,200 years, ...