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Archaeologists Found A Jade Stone Hidden Inside A 1,000-Year-Old Maya Tooth
A tiny piece of green stone has left archaeologists staring at a thousand-year-old tooth and asking a question that has no easy answer. The jadeite was carefully set into the chewing surface of a lower molar belonging to a young adult, but unlike the famous Maya dental decorations found in front teeth, this one was…
A Lost Maya City With a Towering Pyramid Has Been Found Beneath Mexico’s Dense Jungle
Deep in Mexico’s Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, archaeologists just uncovered an entire city that had sat untouched in the jungle for over a thousand years. The site has a 43-foot pyramid, palace buildings, farming terraces, water channels, and 14 carved stone monuments. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the discovery on June 22,…
Ancient Maya Dentists Used Antibiotic Cement to Set Jade Teeth and It Still Holds After 1,000 Years
A tiny piece of green stone is sitting exactly where an ancient Maya dentist put it more than a thousand years ago. The strange part is not only the jade. It is what held it there. Researchers studying Maya dental work have found complex plant-based sealants packed with organic compounds, including substances known for antibacterial…
Lost Maya City Emerges From Mexico’s Jungle After Centuries
For centuries, it lay concealed beneath a dense canopy of tropical forest, its temples swallowed by vines and its plazas buried under centuries of soil. From the ground, there was little to suggest that an entire Maya city had once flourished there. Now, archaeologists have revealed the remains of a previously unknown settlement in southeastern…
Historical drama is being hailed as ‘best film of all time’ by viewers
In the dense, untamed jungles of ancient Mesoamerica, a story unfolds that has captivated audiences and critics alike, earning the moniker of a “masterpiece” from the likes of Quentin Tarantino. A young hunter, Jaguar Paw, finds his world shattered by a sudden and brutal invasion. As he is thrust into a harrowing quest for survival,…