The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient Mesoamerican people.

The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...

An exciting discovery has jaws dropping in the world of archelogy after rare dolls with open mouths and detachable heads were ...

Aside from the expert craftsmanship that went into making the items, the ancient figurines are notable for the context in which they were found - atop the largest pyramid at the mysterious site of ...

The discoveries, which were found on top of El Salvador's San Isidro pyramid, were published ... the neck and tied on the top of the head." The figurines may have served a variety of purposes ...

Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around ...

Protrusion and socket allowing for articulation of the head seen in all three large figurines. Source: J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI According to Jan Szymański, an archaeologist at the ...

Holes in the head sockets could ... back in time we look.” The pyramid was previously unexcavated, researchers said. M. Sokołowski/PASI Antiquity These figurines and shared styles between ...

Polish archaeologists who were excavating a large pyramid in San Isidro, El Salvador, found a collection of items that resembled a funeral deposit but were missing human remains, according to a March ...