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

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

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

These striking puppets suggest that Indigenous people in what is now El Salvador had rituals that were more connected to the ...

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

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

A remarkable collection of five pre-Hispanic clay puppets with rotating heads has been discovered in El Salvador. Aside from ...

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

Archaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered a set of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets on top of a large pyramid, suggesting ...

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 ...

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