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 ...

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian ... s cultural backwardness or isolation in ancient times,” Szymanski said. “It reveals the existence ...

Researchers have discovered a trove of ancient clay puppets at an archaeological site in El Salvador. The five carved figurines are about 2,400 years old, and they may help shed new light on an ...

“This gets worse the further back in time we look.” Unlike some modern dolls, these ancient puppets can’t talk—but they have a lot to say.

The authors suggest they were a kind of ancient puppet, positioned into a scene, or "tableau," undoubtedly meant to convey a message that is now lost. The puppets' position atop the largest ...

In 2004, he returned to Langzhong and founded a shadow puppetry troupe, performing in its ancient town. Wang Biao always remembers his grandfather's words:"Do not let shadow puppetry end with your ...