Languages: English. Archaeologists have discovered five "puppets"—believed to have been used to perform rituals—atop a pre-Columbian Central American pyramid structure. The ceramic figurines ...

Szymański and Prejs theorize that the figurines were a form of puppets intentionally arranged at the site to represent a long-lost message. Given their striking location, they may have played a ...

Archaeologists have discovered rare, 2,400-year-old puppets in El Salvador that may have been used in public rituals to perform well-known events that were "mythical or real." The finding suggests ...

A remarkable collection of five pre-Hispanic clay puppets with rotating heads has been discovered in El Salvador. Aside from the expert craftsmanship that went into making the items, the ancient ...