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

At an archaeological site in El Salvador, researchers have unearthed a collection of ancient clay puppets. There were a total ...

The figures date back 2,400 years and seem to have been marionettes, worked with strings. All have expressions that change ...

Two archaeologists discovered the ceramic figurines—possibly used as puppets—at the top of a pyramid, and three of them have ...

Archaeologists have found five 2,400-year-old puppets, designed to shift emotions depending on the viewing angle, on a ...

A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the ...

In 2022, archaeologists were excavating ancient ruins in El Salvador when they came across five clay figurines atop the ...

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

Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered five ancient clay puppets atop a pyramid at San Isidro, suggesting a vast ...

"One of the most striking features of the puppets is their dramatic facial expressions," said archaeologist Jan Szymański.

Five prehistoric clay puppets with revolving heads have been discovered in El Salvador, a country in North America.

This discovery contradicts the prevailing notion about El Salvador’s cultural backwardness or isolation in the ancient times, ...