Archaeologists Excavated a Pyramid and Found 2,400-Year-Old Puppets That Look Hauntingly Alive
Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN7d
Spooky 2,400-Year-Old Figurines Found in an El Salvador Pyramid May Have Been Used in Ancient Mesoamerican Rituals
In the heart of El Salvador, a recent archaeological discovery has reignited fascination with the enigmatic societies of ...
Smithsonian Magazine17d
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 ...
Divers Found a 3,000-Year-Old Statue at the Bottom of a Lake—With Fresh Human Fingerprints
At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to ...
Archaeologists uncover 'creepy' puppets in odd location: 'This thing almost moved'
Multiple clay puppets with creepy open-mouthed expressions were discovered at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador. The ...
National Geographic news12d
Who made these unusual ancient ‘puppets’—and left them atop a pyramid?
Archaeologists uncovered five puppet-like figurines at a site in El Salvador that was inhabited by an unknown ancient culture. Clay figurines unearthed in El Salvador may be puppets whose poses ...
Indian Defence Review9d
Archaeologists Discover 2,400-Year-Old Clay Puppets With Detachable Heads in El Salvador
Archaeologists excavating the San Isidro site in El Salvador have uncovered five ancient clay figurines believed to be 2,400 ...
Rhode Island School of Design1d
RISD Students Create Portraits in Clay in Figure Modeling Ceramics Studio
Students in a spring Ceramics studio called Figure Modeling are creating life-size portraits of a live model in water-based ...
University of Manchester10mon
Clay figures are missing link in history of Africa
Eighty ancient clay figures have been discovered by archaeologists at The Universities of Manchester and Ghana, showing that a sophisticated society - now forgotten - once existed in West Africa. They ...
朝日新聞社1y
Variety of rare clay figures found at ancient tomb in Osaka
TONDABAYASHI, Osaka Prefecture--In a rare find, researchers unearthed various “haniwa” (clay figures) in the shapes of humans, animals and houses from a newly discovered kofun burial mound ...