Archaeologists have unlocked the secrets of an amazing 1,500-year-old altar discovered at a Maya temple deep in the Guatemalan jungle. The ornately carved altar was discovered in 2017 at the Maya site ...

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It was not the rolling stone they thought it was. It remains a mystery exactly how Stonehenge’s titanic Altar Stone arrived at the historic UK landmark, but new evidence rules out one theory — the ...

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A family altar in the Maya city of Tikal offers a glimpse into events in an enclave of the city’s foreign overlords in the wake of a local coup. Archaeologists recently unearthed the altar in a ...

LONDON — The world’s most famous prehistoric monument continues to surprise and amaze. Researchers on Wednesday revealed that the long-mysterious “Altar Stone” at the heart of Stonehenge came from ...

Stonehenge was constructed around 5,000 years ago. (alzay/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Somber, still, and timeworn, Stonehenge looms large in humanity's mythos – an ancient, enigmatic monument that has ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — An altar from the ...

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A 2,800-year-old inscribed stone altar, found within a Moabite sanctuary in the ancient city of Ataroth in Jordan, may shed light on an ancient biblical war. The altar bears two inscriptions. The ...