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

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

Sokołowski / PASI During this time, Mesoamerican civilizations, including the nearby Maya, were in a transitional ... could have allowed these figures to represent different characters in various ...

Five clay figurines uncovered in El Salvador feature detachable heads with holes, possibly allowing them to be moved like ...

Archaeologists continue to discover more and more historical sites, with a 4,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge-like’ discovery being ...

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

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

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

A protrusion and socket allowed for head articulation within the three large figurines. J. Przedwojewska-Szymańska / PASI “They are clay actors,” Szymański tells Science’s Lizzie Wade.

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

and clay figurines dating to this period to learn what the ancient Maya wore. Many of these images show the Maya engaging in or preparing for religious ceremonies, which were scheduled based on an ...