Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/29/mayan-city-remains-guatemala-los-abuelos-unearthed

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site.

The Mayan civilization arose around 2000BC, reaching its height between 400 and 900AD in what is present-day southern Mexico and Guatemala, as well as parts of Belize, El Salvador and Honduras.

The city named Los Abuelos, Spanish for “The Grandparents,” once stood some 21km (13 miles) from the important archaeological site of Uaxactun, in Guatemala’s northern Petén department, the country’s culture ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Maya ruins in Calakmul, Mexico
Lost Maya city with temple pyramids and plazas discovered in Mexico
It is dated to what is known as the Middle Preclassic period from about 800-500BC, and is believed to have been “one of the most ancient and important ceremonial centers” of the Mayan civilization in the jungle area of Petén near the Mexican border, it added.