Archaeologists Discovered 1,500-Year-Old Maya Palace in Mexico
Archaeologists Discovered 1,500-Year-Old Maya Palace in Mexico
Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) archaeologists have discovered a palace at an ancient Maya city in southeastern Mexico that shares characteristics with ruins in neighboring Guatemala, which could point to an “important” period of migration thousands of years ago.
The palace was found in the archaeological zone of Kabah—a pre-Hispanic settlement located in the Puuc region of Yucatán state, south of the modern city of Mérida.
The buildings were discovered by the team in advance of the Maya Train railroad project, a 930-mile (1,500-kilometer) railway that will traverse the Yucatán Peninsula.
The newly discovered palace has a main facade composed of a portico with eight pilasters—shallow, decorative columns attached to a wall—and nine openings, as well as an extension of 85 feet, INAH general director Diego Prieto Hernández said.
Researchers have named the newly uncovered Maya remains Petenero Palace. Hernández said the quadrangular structure appears to be more than 1,500 years old.
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