Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around ...

This discovery contradicts the prevailing notion about El Salvador’s cultural backwardness or isolation in the ancient times,” archaeologists said.

Researchers have discovered a trove of ancient clay puppets at an archaeological site in El Salvador. The five carved ...

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient Mesoamerican people.

Two archaeologists discovered the ceramic figurines—possibly used as puppets—at the top of a pyramid, and three of them have ...

Clay figurines found on top of the remnants of a pyramid in what is now El Salvador might have been used in public ceremonies.

Puppets with movable heads and ‘creepy ... the identities and ethnolinguistic affiliations of the creators of ancient settlements that predate the arrival of Europeans in the early 16th ...

Archaeologists have discovered five ceramic figurines atop the largest pyramidal structure at San Isidro, El Salvador. The style of the figurines suggests that ritual puppetry may have connected ...

One of the most striking features of the puppets is their dramatic facial expression, which changes depending on the angle ...