{"id":1023,"date":"2013-06-19T11:19:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T17:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2014-09-20T23:45:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T04:45:48","slug":"a-large-new-mayan-pyramid-site-discovered-in-campeche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/2013\/06\/a-large-new-mayan-pyramid-site-discovered-in-campeche\/","title":{"rendered":"A Large New Mayan Pyramid Site Discovered in Campeche"},"content":{"rendered":"

While recently I wrote about the very sad situation of Mayan pyramids being bulldozed in Central America<\/a>, here on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula we’re seeing \u00a0the opposite – discovery and preservation.<\/p>\n

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Just yesterday,\u00a0Tim Johnson of McClatchy Newspapers<\/a> wrote about a new discovery deep in the jungle of the state of Campeche, which share’s the Peninsula with Quintana Roo (where Cancun and Playa del Carmen are located) and Yucatan (where Merida is located.) \u00a0Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

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Deep in the jungles of southeast Campeche state, archaeologists have discovered a significant new Mayan site, called Chactun, or Red Rock, that was thrived roughly from 600 to 900 A.D.\u00a0The site, never reported previously, is \u201cone of the largest sites ever registered in the Central Lowlands,\u201d the National Institute of Anthropology and History said.<\/p>\n

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Led by Ivan \u0160prajc, a team of Mexican and foreign archaeologists and experts financed by National Geographic came across the ruin a few weeks ago after studying aerial photos. The expedition was also financed by the Austrian firm Villas and the Slovenian company Ars longa. That’s\u00a0\u0160prajc in the photos, by the way. “It is one of the largest sites in the Central Lowlands, comparable in extent and magnitude of its buildings to Becan, Nadzcaan and El Palmar in Campeche,” said \u0160prajc, a Slovenian researcher.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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And, a couple more amazing pictures:<\/p>\n

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Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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-by Thomas Lloyd<\/em><\/p>\n

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