Ancient Maya City Found Intact in Remote Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
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The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has confirmed the discovery of Minanbé, a Mayan city conserved almost in perfect condition thanks to the forest density of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in the state of Campeche, in southeastern Mexico.
Ancient Maya city found intact in remote Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Archaeologists working in the dense jungles of southern Mexico have uncovered a previously unknown Maya city hidden within the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, revealing an exceptionally well-preserved urban centre that had remained untouched for more than a millennium. Named Minanbé, meaning “there is no path” in Yucatec Maya, the site was discovered by a Mexican-Slovenian research team led by archaeologist Ivan Šprajc of the Research Ce…
Untouched Ancient Maya City With Pyramids Found in Mexico’s Jungle
Mayan city north of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Credit: INAH, Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered an untouched Maya city hidden deep in the jungles of Campeche, complete with pyramids, palace complexes, and carved stone monuments that sat undisturbed for more than a thousand years. Researchers named the site Minanbé, a Maya Yucatec phrase meaning “there is no road,” after the dense forest that kept it hidden for centuries. A team…
In the middle of the rainforest of Calakmul (in the Yukatan Peninsula, Mexico) the pyramids of an ancient and powerful Mayan city comparable to the dominant metropolises of Tikal and Palenque stood out so far. But it was not the only Mayan settlement hidden among limestone rocks, karst valleys, jaguars, tapires and monkeys.
In Mexico, archaeologists have discovered a centuries-old Mayan site in the jungle overgrown by the thicket of the rainforest.
13 years ago, north of the Calakmul Biosphere, west of Chactún, in Campeche, was recorded with airborne laser scanning data (LiDAR) an unexplored site that they have now baptized as Minanbé. It is a monumental site intact, according to INAH, which was explored in this season by a team of Slovenian and Mexican archaeologists led by Ivan prajc. 14 stelas and altars, several with hieroglyphs, arranged at the end of a road that connects the central …
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