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 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, ...

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