ancient maya city, archeological site, new discoveries, teotihuacan, tikal

In Guatemala, Archaeologists Uncover Hidden Neighborhood in Ancient Maya City

Scientists have been excavating the ruins of Tikal, an ancient Maya city in modern-day Guatemala, since the 1950s — and thanks to those many decades spent documenting details of every structure and cataloging each excavated item, Tikal has become one of the best understood and most thoroughly studied archaeological sites in the world.  But a ...

Troy Oakes

The newly discovered structures show the imperial power that Teotihuacan exerted on Tikal, an ancient Maya capital.