A team of archaeologists from Slovakia and Guatemala Leaded by Professor Milan Kováč from the Department of Comparison Religionistics of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava He discovered the remains of the Mayan city nearly 3000 in Northern Guatemala. Researchers named Los Abuelos site (grandparents), Because there were also two stone statues reminiscent of human characters probably dedicated to the cult of ancestors. TASR reports this based on AFP and DPA reports.
On the spot was also found Observatory, pyramids, altars, stel fragments and ceramics. The site discovered in the rainforest in the province of Petén is located on an area of approximately 16 square kilometers. It lies 21 kilometers from a significant Uaxactun site and 40 kilometers south of Tikal. one of The most important cultural centers of the Mayan civilization, that is entered on UNESCO World Heritage List.
The newly discovered site was apparently One of the oldest and most important ritual centers of the Mayan civilization in the region, Professor Kováč said at a press conference in Guatemala. Dates back to the middle pre -Classical period of the Mayan civilization (approximately 800-500 years BC). The above -mentioned sitting sculptures, seeing a man and a woman as a couple, come from the period between the years 500 – 300 pred n. l. The statues are approximately 1.5 meters high. Ceramics were found at their feet, which was probably intentionally broken.
The site was used for ritual purposes of approximately 1000 years And then it was abandoned until it started to reuse around 800 NL. A team of archaeologists from Slovakia and Guatemala also made findings in two other nearby locations – Petnale and Cambrayal. In Petnale, which is assumed to be a former Mayan political center, it was found 33 meters high pyramid with wall paintings from the pre -Classic period And a unique channel system – the largest in the area under investigation.
