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

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. Three of ...

Jan Szymański and Gabriela Prejs, two archaeologists from the University of Warsaw, discovered the artifacts atop a ruined ...

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 ...

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

When archaeologists excavated the top of the largest pyramid at San Isidro, El Salvador, they found something one would expect to find in a child’s bedroom: a collection of five clay figurines.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...