After reading about the puppets found in El Salvador, look through 25 astonishing photos of Aztec pyramids. Then, read the ...

Bolinas figurines refer to various human-modeled statues created throughout the Middle and Late Preclassic (1000–350 BCE and 350 BCE–250 CE) along the coast of Guatemala and western El Salvador.

Archaeologists have unearthed five ceramic puppets from a pyramid in San Isidro, El Salvador. The figurines date back 2,400 years, and significantly, all have dramatic facial expressions. Each of ...

A recent discovery at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador challenges the notion that pre-Columbian Salvadorans were isolated from more advanced civilizations. A pair of archaeologists has ...

The five, 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found at San Isidro by archaeologists. Szymański & Prejs / Antiquity. According to Szymański, archaeology is more of a challenge in El Salvador than in ...

Clay figurines unearthed in El Salvador may be puppets whose poses sent a message to observers thousands of years ago. Described March 5 in Antiquity, some of the figurines have moveable heads ...

The El Salvador finds, which date to around 400 B.C. suggest that this kind of puppet may have been used in rituals during the Preclassic (2000 B.C. to A.D. 200) and Classic (A.D. 200 to 900 ...

This was a kiln-er find. Puppets with remarkable facial features believed to date back some 2,400 years have been discovered at the top of an ancient pyramid in the jungle of El Salvador.

Multiple clay puppets with creepy open-mouthed expressions were discovered at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador. The figurines are around 2,400 years old. Fox News Media ...

Archaeologists in El Salvador found five rare ceramic puppets atop a pyramid structure. These artifacts, estimated to be 2,400 years old, were likely used in public rituals to depict well-known ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious set of 2,400-year-old puppets with ‘dramatic facial expressions’ atop a pyramid in El Salvador.. The five ceramic figures dated to about 400 BC bear ...