Among their most enigmatic practices were human sacrifices, often performed ... could not only rewrite our understanding of Maya sacrificial rituals, but also raise new questions about the lives ...

But while "only male children were selected for sacrifice" here, rituals varied. Ancient DNA degrades faster in tropical areas, but "we're getting better and better at retrieving even very small ...

It was within the caves that the Maya performed their rituals and sacrifices. Today, it's possible to visit these caves when you explore the jungles of Quintana Roo and Yucatan near Cancun.

Priests recorded their rituals in hieroglyphic books ... gods and human sacrifice were even more important. The Maya believed the Earth had the form of a giant turtle that floated on an endless ...

On the other hand, Varela Scherrer, a specialist in Mayan culture, specified that after the excavation of the ritual deposits, a procedure of “sifting with water and floating” was carried out ...