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  Modern technology reveals old secrets about the great, white Maya road

  miami.edu

  Did a powerful queen of Cobá, one of the greatest cities of the ancient Maya world, build the longest Maya road to invade a smaller, isolated …

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  Secret passage discovered in Maya city of Uxmal

  archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com

  12/12/2019 07:00:00 PM Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered a walled-up passage in the Governor’s …

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  Archaeologists discover remains of vast Mayan palace in Mexico

  The Guardian - Emma Graham-Harrison

  Ancient building found 100 miles west of Cancùn estimated to be more than 1,000 years old Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered the remains of a vast Mayan palace over 1,000 years old in an ancient city about 100 miles west of the tourist hotspot of Cancún. The building in Kulubá is 55 metres long, …

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  Fortress wall surrounding ancient Mayan city of Uxmal is uncovered

  yucatanexpatlife.com - Yucatán Magazine

  A nearly two-mile-long wall surrounds Uxmal, and a close look at it tells a story, said the director of the archaeological site in Yucatan. Jose …

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  Skulls Analyzed From The Mayan Sacred Cenote Show That Human Sacrifices Were Sourced From Far And Wide Across Mexico

  Forbes - Carly Miller

  Tooth enamel from the skulls of 1000-year-old Maya human sacrifices were isotopically analyzed with the goal of elucidating the provenance of the owners of those teeth. The study published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology Magazine in July of 2019 by T. Douglas Price et al. at the …

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  UC researchers find ancient Maya farms in Mexican wetlands

  eurekalert.org - University of Cincinnati

  Archaeologists with the University of Cincinnati used the latest technology to find evidence suggesting ancient Maya people grew surplus crops to …