Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An archaeologist stands next to pre-columbian artifacts in a cave at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza (AP) Twin boys were often ...

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 ...

Romans kept dogs as pets, exemplified in this mosaic from the second or third century A.D. Some of the bones from the ritual deposit in Surrey may have belonged to domestic dogs, but it's unclear if ...

In-depth research focusing on genetic material found at an ancient Mayan temple points to a pattern of sacrificing twin boys and other close relatives, according to a new study conducted by an ...

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 ...