Mexican archaeologists discover cave filled with near perfect Mayan ceramics - News Summed Up

Mexican archaeologists discover cave filled with near perfect Mayan ceramics


Mexican archaeologists say they've found a cave at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza with more than 150 ceramic vessels in nearly untouched condition. Archaeologist Guillermo de Anda said exploration of the cave began in 2018 after local Maya residents told experts about it. Mexican archaeologists said they found the cave at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. (Karla Ortega/Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History/Associated Press)It turned out the cave had been discovered, but not explored, by locals about 50 years earlier. Water was always central to Chichen Itza, whose very name means "at the mouth of the well of the Water Wizards" in Maya.


Source: CBC News March 04, 2019 23:15 UTC



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