Posted on Jun 22, 2023
Maya civilisation: Archaeologists find ancient city in jungle
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Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of an ancient Maya city deep in the jungle of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Experts found several pyramid-like structures measuring more than 15m (50ft) in height.
Pottery unearthed at the site appears to indicate it was inhabited between 600 and 800 AD, a period known as Late Classic.
Archaeologists have named the site Ocomtún (Mayan for stone column).
Experts found several pyramid-like structures measuring more than 15m (50ft) in height.
Pottery unearthed at the site appears to indicate it was inhabited between 600 and 800 AD, a period known as Late Classic.
Archaeologists have named the site Ocomtún (Mayan for stone column).
Maya civilisation: Archaeologists find ancient city in jungle
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Lt Col Charlie Brown I wanted to be an archeologist at one point in my youth and that desire never really went away. Think that's why I enjoyed Turkey so much, I was poking around ruins every chance I had.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
So did we for much the same reasons BTW, my husband is a medieval historian and so I had my own tour guide
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There are probably hundreds of undiscovered Mayan ruins in Central and South America. I have watched documentaries on the civilization. It was was remarkable how many ruins are buried in the forests of Central and South America.
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El Dorado may yet be found !! Remember even in Today's Egypt New Tombs are being discovered. And that is just sand. Centuries have let the Jungle double and triple canopy the former civilizations in Mexico/ Latin America/ South America. Let alone the ground vegetation and its unchecked growth. Some cities in the Central and South American continents have just in the last half of the past century been rediscovered.
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