Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

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These oddly expressive figurines from the ancient Maya world were probably puppets for ritual scenes — and perhaps used for portraying people long dead. J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI.

A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the country’s historical connection with its Central American neighbors.

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient Mesoamerican people. Archaeologists uncovered five puppet-like figurines at ...

This was a kiln-er find. Puppets with remarkable facial features believed to date back some 2,400 years have been discovered at the top of an ancient pyramid in the jungle of El Salvador.

Archaeologists Excavated a Pyramid and Found 2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive. ... Experts Found a Huge Ancient Roman Shoe. The ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ Is Still Underwater.

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Puppets With Open Mouths and Detachable Heads That ‘Resemble Modern Toy Dolls’ The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador.

The ancient Mesoamerican puppets date back between 410 and 380 B.C. ... ANCIENT ROMAN HELMET TURNS UP IN UNUSUAL LOCATION: 'EXCEPTIONALLY RARE' The figurines date back 2,400 years, ...

At the top of the remains of a large pyramid in Central America, archaeologists discovered ancient puppets with faces that grin or scowl depending on the viewer’s perspective — a finding that ...

Describing the "Bolinas-type" puppets in a new study, Szymański and his co-author Gabriela Prejs explain that the collection consists of three larger figures – roughly 30 centimeters (11.8 ...