Ancient Maya Ball Court May Have Been Blessed, Hallucinogenic Find Hints
Experts have found a "special" ritual deposit below an ancient ball court that includes psychoactive and ceremonial plant remains.
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Experts have found a "special" ritual deposit below an ancient ball court that includes psychoactive and ceremonial plant remains.
Many of the greatest archaeological finds have been made at long-lost ancient burial grounds. Tombs where people from the past were laid to rest in long ago are always of interest. In Mexico, archaeologists digging at
Close to Mexico City's bustling Constituyentes Avenue, a team of specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has made a groundbreaking discovery: a series of pre-Hispanic funerary graves, including ten truncated conical tombs dating back around 3,500 years.
They likely date back over 3,000 years, officials said.
If you try to think of the top ten mysterious artifacts of the ancient world, the colossal Olmec stone heads will probably