Remains of 3,000-Year-Old Maya City Discovered in Guatemala
Source: Science Alert
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Maya city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the Central American country's culture ministry said Thursday.
The Maya civilization arose around 2000 BCE, reaching its height between 400 and 900 CE in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala, as well as parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.
The city named "Los Abuelos," Spanish for "The Grandparents," once stood some 21 kilometers (13 miles) from the important archaeological site of Uaxactun, in Guatemala's northern Peten department, the ministry said in a statement.
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