All articles tagged with #ancient city
Originally Published 6 months ago — by CNN
Archaeologists have unveiled Peñico, an ancient city in Peru over 3,000 years old, which served as a strategic trade hub connecting coastal, mountain, and Amazonian regions, featuring significant structures and artifacts, and now open to the public with a cultural festival planned.
Originally Published 6 months ago — by BBC
Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old city called Peñico in northern Peru, which served as a key trading hub and provides new insights into the Caral civilization, the oldest in the Americas. The site includes ceremonial structures, residential buildings, and artifacts, highlighting its strategic importance and connection to early Pacific and Andean societies.
Originally Published 7 months ago — by The Independent
Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the 3,000-year-old Mayan city 'Los Abuelos', featuring pyramids, monuments, and advanced hydraulic infrastructure, shedding new light on early Mayan civilization and its ceremonial centers.
Originally Published 7 months ago — by Indian Defence Review
Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,000-year-old Mayan city called Los Abuelos in Guatemala's Petén jungle, revealing sophisticated urban planning, ancestral worship practices, and a new understanding of early Mesoamerican civilization, including a unique urban triangle that suggests complex sociopolitical organization earlier than previously thought.
Originally Published 7 months ago — by France 24
Archaeologists have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan city called 'Los Abuelos' in northern Guatemala's Peten region, featuring pyramids, monuments, and a unique canal system, shedding new light on the ancient civilization's ceremonial and socio-political organization.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by BBC.com
A massive ancient city, dating back 2,500 years and hidden in the Amazon, has been discovered by scientists in eastern Ecuador. The city, with evidence of 6,000 mounds thought to be ancient homes, challenges previous beliefs about the history of people living in the Amazon. The discovery reveals a complex urban society with a network of roads, canals, and ceremonial platforms, suggesting a population in the tens of thousands. This finding changes the way we understand Amazonian cultures and highlights the need to reevaluate our ideas about ancient civilizations in the region.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by CBS News
Archaeologists exploring the sunken city of Salamis off the coast of Greece have discovered a partially submerged building believed to be a massive public building from the 4th century B.C. The underwater excavation project also uncovered a variety of marble treasures, including bronze coins, vases, and fragments of ceramic pieces dating back to the Classical-Hellenistic period. The findings provide valuable insights into the topography and residential organization of the ancient city, shedding light on its historical significance.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Jerusalem Post
A previously unknown ancient Maya city, named Ocomtun, has been discovered in the jungles of southern Mexico using aerial laser mapping technology. The city includes large pyramid-like buildings, stone columns, three plazas with "imposing buildings," and other structures arranged in almost-concentric circles. It is likely an important center for the peninsula's central lowland region between 250 and 1000 AD. The site probably declined around 800 to 1000 AD, likely due to "ideological and population changes" that led to the collapse of Maya societies in that region by the 10th century.