Unknown ancient Mayan city discovered deep in Mexican jungleBy Katherine Donlevy
June 22, 2023
Archaeologists exploring the deep jungles of Mexico uncovered the remains of a previously unknown ancient Mayan city.
A team from the Archeology Council of the National Institute of Anthropology and History discovered the city, which they named Ocomtun — meaning “stone column” in the Yucatec Maya language — while searching a largely untraversed stretch of the Balamku ecological reserve on the country’s Yucatan Peninsula, the group said Tuesday.
The scientists discovered large pyramid-like buildings, stone columns, three plazas with “imposing buildings” and other structures arranged in almost-concentric circles scattered throughout the thousand-year-old ancient settlement.
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