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2,400-Year-Old Clay Puppets With Moveable Heads Found Atop Ancient Pyramid
A remarkable collection of five pre-Hispanic clay puppets with rotating heads has been discovered in El Salvador. Aside from ...
Highly expressive ancient puppets found in Salvadorian pyramid
A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the ...
2,400-year-old ceramic dolls found on El Salvador pyramid. See their expressive faces
Polish archaeologists who were excavating a large pyramid in San Isidro, El Salvador, found a collection of items that ...
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2,400-year-old puppets with dramatic expressions found atop pyramid in El Salvador
Archaeologists have found five 2,400-year-old puppets, designed to shift emotions depending on the viewing angle, on a ...
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Archaeologists In El Salvador Find Clay Puppets With ‘Creepy’ Expressions Atop An Ancient Pyramid
In 2022, archaeologists were excavating ancient ruins in El Salvador when they came across five clay figurines atop the ...
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Ancient ‘Puppets’ Discovered atop El Salvador’s Pyramid Link Rituals Across Central America
Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered five ancient clay puppets atop a pyramid at San Isidro, suggesting a vast ...
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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. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...
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Ancient puppets that smile or scowl hint at shared rituals
Clay figurines found on top of the remnants of a pyramid in what is now El Salvador might have been used in public ceremonies ...
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5 Clay Figures with Dramatic Expressions Found Atop a Pyramid in El Salvador Could Be Ritual Puppets from 400 B.C.
According to radiocarbon dating and ceramic analysis, the figures were likely buried in the pyramid’s dome around 400 B.C. Location ... feature decorative details such as incised skirts in the clay, ...
Archaeologists make unnerving 2,400-year-old discovery at top of ancient pyramid
Archaeologists continue to discover more and more historical sites, with a 4,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge-like’ discovery being ...