Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around 400 B.C. The level of realism, both in the facial features and movement, ...

The figurines were discovered by Jan Szymaski and Gabriela Prejs, archaeologists from the University of Warsaw, during an excavation at the top of San Isidro’s largest pyramid.

Archaeologists have uncovered five ceramic figurines, believed to have been used in rituals, atop a pre-Columbian pyramid structure in El Salvador. These figurines, often referred to as "puppets," ...

The rare clay figurines, featuring four female figures and one male, are around 2,400 years old and are believed to have played a role in public rituals reenacting both mythical and real events.

When archaeologists excavated the top of the largest pyramid at San Isidro, El Salvador, they found something one would expect to find in a child’s bedroom: a collection of five clay figurines.