Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around ...

But Herodotus visited the pyramids 2,700 years after they were built and his impressive figure was an educated guess, based on hearsay. Modern Egyptologists believe the real number is closer to ...

This was a kiln-er find. Puppets with remarkable facial features believed to date back some 2,400 years have been discovered at the top of an ancient pyramid in the jungle of El Salvador. The ...

Five figures of varying size, including one male, were found on top of a large pyramid. J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI Antiquity What are we learning about the past? Here are three of our most recent ...

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient Mesoamerican people.

A remarkable collection of five pre-Hispanic clay puppets with rotating heads has been discovered in El Salvador. Aside from the expert craftsmanship that went into making the items, the ancient ...

They were, however, built with the same purpose as a final resting place for an important figure or family. Ireland’s largest and most famous pyramids are located in Cong, Co Mayo, in Arklow ...

These figures come in various sizes and are normally ... The figurines were uncovered on the top of the San Isidro pyramid structure in El Salvador’s western Department of Sonsonate.

For each age, the number of men is shown on the left and the number of women on the right. The pyramid contains figures as of 1950 and also provides a forecast for the coming decades. The ‘play’ ...

Five figures of varying size, including one male, were found on top of a large pyramid. J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI Antiquity “This finding is only the second such a group found in situ ...

For each age, the number of men is shown on the left and the number of women on the right. The pyramid contains figures as of 1950 and also provides a forecast for the coming decades. The ‘play’ ...