Ruins of Ancient Maya City Discovered in Remote Mexican Jungle

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Archaelogists report that they have discovered an entire Maya city filled with pyramids and palatial complexes in a remote jungle in southeastern Mexico. The ruins, which were covered in thick vegetation, were found in Campeches, a province located in the western Yucatán peninsula that is littered with Maya artifacts and complexes.

The newly discovered site has been dubbed Chactún, and spans an area of about 54 acres. Researchers believe that the city was occupied during the Late Classic Maya period from about 600 A.D. to 900 A.D., at which time the civilization mysteriously collapsed.

Archaelogist Ivan Sprajc of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History said in a statement:

"It is one of the largest sites in the Central Lowlands, comparable in its extent and the magnitude of its buildings with Becan, Nadzcaan and El Palmar in Campeche."

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