Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest and most influential cities of the ancient Maya, but much about its political connections and ritual life ...

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Archaeologists working on Peru’s northern coast have uncovered remnants of ritual sacrifice which researchers say is the ...

The weary Indigenous men gathered at their base camp, nestled among towering trees and dense vegetation that form a disorienting sea of green. They sensed that their ancestral land — Selva Madre, or ...

Ritualized human sacrifice was common across Europe during the Stone Age, according to a team of researchers who recently tried to estimate the number of sacrifice victims on the continent. They ...

El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is among the largest structures at Chichén Itzá and its architecture reflects its far-flung political connections. Located in the heart of Mexico’s ...

"They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia."That's true, Ranoque told AP, but the Indigenous culture and rituals saved them, too. He credits the yagé and the vision ...