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Discover the skeleton 'Red Queen' of the Maya
Around the skull is a crown made of jade beads as well as hundreds of green fragments from a broken mask.
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Discovered an extremely rare ancient jade pendant of the Maya king
Archaeologists discovered the ancient jade pendant of Maya king 1,390 years ago.
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Russian doll structure inside the Maya pyramid
Experts have found the third pyramid 10 meters high inside the Mayan Kukulkan pyramid, located in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.
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Discovered two ancient tombs in Maya civilization in Guatemala
A group of archaeologists discovered two ancient tombs of the Mayan civilization under two pyramids in the ancient city of Holmul, north of Guatemala.
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Discover one of the oldest Maya writings
After decades of questioning among archaeologists, it was not until recently that the Grolier book was verified.
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The Maya observed the movement of Venus from 1000 years ago
Found in the Dresden Stock, the most ancient text in America, the Venus Table shows us how much Maya has improved.
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Discovery of the canal
Mexican archaeologists discovered a canal system underneath the pyramid containing the remains of a Mayan leader.
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The 15-year-old boy found the ancient city of Maya in the jungle
15-year-old William Gadoury in Canada became the first to discover the location of the forgotten Maya city in the Mexican jungle with satellite images and ancient astron…
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Guatemala discovered more than 2,700 years old Mayan ruins
Guatemalan archaeologists have announced the discovery of two more than 2,700 year-old collective kitchens of the Mayan tribe in the village of Santa Fe Ocaña de la Cruz…
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Ancient Mayan spirit blood extraction
500 years ago in a remote temple in Guatemala, the Mayans allowed blood to flow after the ritual with a sharp arrowhead made from the stone casing for the purpose of giv…
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The 1,000-year-old giant sacred hole lies under the Mayan temple
According to scientists, this sacred hole is capable of destroying the entire structure of the ancient Mayan pyramid.
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Decode successfully carved figures on King Pakal's grave
On June 16, Mexican scientist Guillermo Bernal of the Maya Cultural Research Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) said that after six decades of…
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Find out why the Mayan civilization collapsed
Experts discovered that it was the prolonged drought that caused Maya civilization to decline.
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Discover the ancient Mayan city in the forest
A door shaped like a monster's mouth, ruined pyramid temples and ancient Mayan palace ruins, unearthed in a dense forest in Mexico.
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Found ancient Mayan city in Mexican forest
Archaeologists have found an ancient city of Mayan civilization forgotten for centuries in the rain forest in southeastern Mexico.