“Secrets of the Ancients: Mysterious Human Remains Discovered in Yucatán’s Hidden Mayan Palace”
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and HistoryA conservation worker tends to the palace walls, which were designed to appear like snake scales.
Though the site was initially discovered in 1939 by American archaeologist Wyllys Andrews IV, the dense forests in the surrounding area essentially enveloped this historical 234-hectare site ever since its discovery.
Rubio and his team are now finally clearing the way with the Yucatán State Government’s financial support. This includes excavations, conservation work, and topographic mapping of the entire area.
As it stands, researchers have made some remarkable progress on the interior, unearthing stairs, corridors with columns, and other finds that have remained hidden from the world for decades at the least, and centuries at most.
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and HistoryThe uncovered building stands 19 feet high, is 49 feet wide, and extends for 180 feet. An altar, human remains, two residential rooms, and more were found.
Now that the site has been uncovered in earnest, conservation workers are using the surrounding environment to protect the structure.
“One option that this site gives us is to use the vegetation to help conservation; reforesting specific parts with trees to protect the structures, especially painted sections of the site, from direct light and wind,” said conservation worker Natalia Hernández Tangarife.
If researchers can keep the site viable and protected for long enough, who knows what else they might uncover about the Mayans’ fascinating past.
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