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 ...
Archaeologists uncover 'creepy' puppets in odd location: 'This thing almost moved'
Multiple clay puppets with creepy open-mouthed expressions were discovered at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador. The ...
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Plants in Mesoamerican cloud forests climb mountains to escape climate change
A study reveals that species have moved to higher altitudes, at an average rate of between 1.8 and 2.7 meters per year since ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Puppets With Open Mouths and Detachable Heads That ‘Resemble Modern Toy Dolls’
The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...
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Meso Amazing
This story appears in the October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the mangroves off the east coast of Central America, at the edge of the Mesoamerican Reef, the world is divided in ...
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Mesoamerican Women's Indigenous Spirituality: Decolonizing Religious Beliefs
https://doi.org/10.2979/fsr.2009.25.2.25 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/fsr.2009.25.2.25 Using documents, declarations, and proposals from the 2002 First ...