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Ancient Mayan City : Discovered In The Jungles Of Southern Mexico

News: Anthropologists have found a hitherto unidentified ancient Mayan city in the southern Mexican jungle.

The country’s Yucatan Peninsula’s Balamku nature reserve contains an ancient Maya metropolis.

The Yucatec Maya name for this city is Ocomtun, which translates to “stone column” in English.

Between 250 and 1000 AD, this would have been a significant centre for the central lowland part of the peninsula.

There are several big pyramid-shaped buildings in the city, as well as stone columns, “imposing buildings” in three plazas, and other buildings organised in nearly circular patterns.

It has a central section that is elevated and encircled by a sizable amount of wetlands.

Perhaps the most well-known of Mesoamerica’s ancient civilizations is the Maya.

Around 2600 B.C., they emerged in the Yucatán peninsula and gained popularity throughout what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize, and western Honduras.

The Maya developed astronomy, calendrical systems, and hieroglyphic writing by building on the inherited innovations and concepts of prior civilizations.

Additionally, they were renowned for their intricately decorated ceremonial architecture, which included metal-free pyramidal temples, palaces, and observatories.