Archaeologists Discover Legendary Lost Settlement That Eluded Researchers for Centuries

Archaeologists Discover Legendary Lost Settlement That Eluded Researchers for Centuries

Archaeologists on Russia's Yamal Peninsula have discovered the legendary ancient settlement of Pantuyev Gorodok, also known as Voksar-vozh, bringing an end to a search that lasted for centuries, Muksun.fm reports citing archaeologist Nikita Pertsev. The expedition, which departed from Salekhard on July 23, found the settlement in the very area identified by historical sources, including the travel notes of German scholar Gerhard Müller and maps …

Deep in the Mexican jungle, archaeologists discovered a lost Maya city...

...that may yield clues about the civilization just before it collapsedResearchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar logging tracks. There, they found unique carved stelae and altarsArchaeologists discovered an ancient Maya city that was hidden in the Mexican jungle for more than a millennium. Located in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in Campeche, at the base of the Yucatá…