The 400-year-old church surfaced after the drought

A serious drought in Mexico revealing the 400-year-old church is almost completely intact, though it has been under water for decades.

Images from unmanned aircraft show that the 16th-century church is located between Benito Juarez dam in Jalapa del Marquez, Oaxaca on February 13, according to RT. Local fishermen and tour guides said the church was built to worship the Virgin Mary at the end of the 16th century.

Thanks to the worship of the beating of Benito Juarez.

"The temple was born around 1550 - 1600, to worship the Virgin Mary, the patron saint of the city of Santa María Jalapa de Márquez," Oliveira said.

The temple was flooded in 1962 when it was preparing to build a dam and to rise partially every year when the rainfall dropped and the temperature increased, causing the lake water level to drop. In 2008, a prolonged drought caused the church to emerge for the first time after nearly 50 years of underwater, according to La Silla Rota.

The severe drought this year caused the dam level to drop to only 156 million cubic meters, only 16% of the normal amount of water, causing the entire church to rise to the surface, according to the Mexican National Clean Water Committee.