Highly expressive ancient puppets found in Salvadorian pyramid
A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the country’s historical connection with its Central American neighbors. Three of ...
National Geographic news26 天
Who made these unusual ancient ‘puppets’—and left them atop a pyramid?
The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient Mesoamerican people. Archaeologists uncovered five puppet-like figurines at ...
The Harvard Crimson6 年
CLEARS UP MYSTERY OF ANCIENT MAYAN CALENDAR
How he found the solution of the mystery of the ancient Mayan calendar, the oldest time-counting system in the world, was explained yesterday by Dr. H. J. Spinden of the Peabody Museum in an ...
National Geographic news9 年
3,800-Year-Old Ritual Offerings Uncovered in Peru
This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. A trio of painted, unfired-clay figurines has come to light at the coastal site of Vichama in what is now Peru. The three ...
Swissinfo23 年
Bern University returns ancient figurines to Italy
The Institute for Classical Archaeology in Bern has returned a collection of vases and figurines to its home in southern Italy.