Researchers from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have found an ancient Mayan city in southern Mexico.
Archeologists in Mexico have discovered a historical surprise in the jungle of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have discovered an ancient Mayan city buried in the jungles of southern Mexico, the institute announced on Tuesday.
The site was discovered during an INAH-approved research project which hoped to make new discoveries, such as this one, in the largely unexplored area of the central part of Campeche in the Balamku ecological reserve, about 1,100 kilometers from the capital of Mexico City. Conducting aerial surveys and using LiDAR technology, archaeologists were able to examine their exciting find.
The city, which researchers from the institute say was most likely an important center more than a thousand years ago, has been named Ocomtun, which translates to “sto...
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