December 25, 2023
Survey Finds 18 km Maya Sacbé Using LiDAR
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/12/survey-finds-18-km-maya-sacbe-using-lidar/149794
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Maya Warrior Head Sculpture Found at Chichén Itzá
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/68753
December 26, 2023
In Ek’ Balam, Yucatán, They Discover Ancient Chultún Reused as a Burial Chamber
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Hidden Burial Chamber Discovered at Tulum Maya Site in Mexico
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/20/hidden-maya-burial-chamber-tulum-archaeological-site
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Camp Where Maya Ate Cooked Snails
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-discover-ancient-camp-maya-ate-cooked-snails-1855758
October 24, 2023
Palatial 1,500-year-old Maya structure unearthed in Mexico
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/palatial-1500-year-old-maya-structure-unearthed-in-mexico
October 24, 2023
MAYA TOMB WITH FUNERARY OFFERINGS FOUND DURING HOTEL CONSTRUCTION
October 24, 2023
Ancient Maya Canoe Found In Mexican Cave Could Mark Portal To The Underworld
https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-maya-canoe-found-in-mexican-cave-could-mark-portal-to-the-underworld-69705
October 24, 2023
Stone Knives Discovered in Ancient Maya City Near Sacrificial Altar
https://www.newsweek.com/stone-knives-discovered-ancient-maya-city-near-sacrifical-altar-1812025
Archaeologists Find Lid of Ancient Vault With Snake Symbol at Maya Palace
https://www.newsweek.com/archaeologists-find-lid-ancient-vault-snake-symbol-maya-palace-1827482
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MAYA DISH DEPICTING WAHYIS SPIRIT
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/08/archaeologists-uncover-maya-dish-depicting-wahyis-spirit/148358
June 30, 2023
Ancient Maya ‘Deity of Death’ Sculpture Unearthed in Mexico
https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-maya-deity-death-sculpture-unearthed-mexico-1807807
June 30, 2023
MAYA RITUAL OFFERINGS DISCOVERED AT UXMAL
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/06/maya-ritual-offerings-discovered-at-uxmal/147564
June 30, 2023
Ancient Maya City Discovered in Campeche
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-ancient-maya-city-was-hidden-in-the-jungle-for-over-1000-years-180982427/
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/ancient-maya-city-discovered-campeche/
June 1, 2023
Discovery of ‘superhighways’ suggests early Mayan civilization was more advanced than previously thought
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/world/maya-civilization-causeways-lidar-discovery-scn/index.html
May 9, 2023
Researchers Discover How the Maya Created More Durable Plaster
Mineralogists and geologists from the University of Granada studied Maya ancient plasters in Honduras which have held up better than the plaster used in the Aztec empire. They have discovered the secret ingredient in that plaster. They used X-ray machines and electron microscopes and found organic material in the mix. They consulted masons and Maya people living near the site of Copan which led them to two trees, the chum and jilts and the sap from those trees.
They added the sap to plaster ingredients limestone and water which reacted to carbon dioxide in the air to make lime mortar. They mixed in the sap and found that this created a plaster impervious to the Honduran humidity.
Their research is published in Science Advances
Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro et al, Unveiling the secret of ancient Maya masons: Biomimetic lime plasters with plant extracts, Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf6138
Physorg has the report here:
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-secret-ingredient-durable-mayan-plaster.html
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May 9, 2023
Decapitated Elite Maya Uncovered at the Maya site of Moral-Reforma in Tabasco
INAH working at the Moral-Reforma Archaeological site in Balancán, Tabasco has uncovered 13 human burials at the stairway of a temple-pyramid, with some skulls showing decapitation marks. Eight appear to be young men seemingly decapitated as part of a consecration ceremony. The burials date to 2,000 years ago. They appear to be elite individuals.
The discovery was made to the adjacent Maya train route construction. INAH was excavating and consolidating work on Structure 18 which dates to 600-900 CE. The remains were laid out in two groups, with the older group dating to 2,000 years ago. The buried individuals had cranial deformation performed on them at an early age called tabular deformation to show their elite status. And two of them had jade inlaid teeth.
Eight of there 13 buried were decapitated and dismembered with their parts placed separately.
The older group of individuals were arranged in a seated position and were grouped with other individuals brought from earlier graves. These dated to 300-250 CE. There were 567 pieces of shell, jade beads, shell rings, projectile points, vessels, perforated shells, and bone needles laid as offerings with the individuals.
The Moral-Reforma site linked the Guatemala Peten with the Gulf of Mexico in terms of trade. It was founded in 600-900 CE and inhabited till 900-1200 CE and has has several plazas, buildings, and structures.
The sacrificed individuals are linked to the Maya god of death.
Heritage Daily has the report here:
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/04/decapitated-and-dismembered-bodies-found-at-maya-pyramid/147050
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