A group of archaeologists discovered three cities belonging to the Mayan civilization with more than 2,800 years old in northern Guatemala, official sources reported Friday.
The three cities are in what is currently the department (province) of Petén, located about 500 kilometers north of Guatemala City, according to the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
“These discoveries will better understand the culture of the Maya and how they lived in the area that is now known as Petén,” said the government presided by Bernardo Arévalo de León.
The discoveries are part of the Uaxactún Regional Archaeological Project, with the participation of local and international experts, the same source said.
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Archaeologists discover three Mayan cities in northern Guatemala
The project management is in charge of the Slovak Milan Kovác, with the “support” of the Universidad Etenuis de Bratislava, of the same country.
The discovered cities occupy an area of 1,200 square kilometers, very close to the border with Mexico, and were baptized as “Petnal”, “Cambrayal” and “Los Abuelos”.
The archaeologists found in the town “Los Abuelos” several “sculpted monuments with unique iconography” and “radial pyramids”, while in “Petnal” it was found “a 33 -meter high pyramid decorated with preclastic murals,” the government said.
The Mayan civilization inhabited the north of the territory that now belongs to Guatemala, with records of its culture since the year 1,800 AC, according to researchers.
With EFE information.
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