A team of archaeologists led by Slovenian Prajc Ivan, who has spent several years working in the Biosphere Reserve of Calakmul, found in the southeastern region of Mexico remains of two ancient Mayan sites, reported today the Mexican local press.
It is a city dubbed La Lagunita and an urban center called Tamchén with monumental buildings and altars carved stones. Prajc specialist Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, was located last year, also in the north of the reserve, another site called Chactún over 22 hectares.
The National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH), responsible for cultural heritage, has not given details of the new discoveries. However, according to the Mexican press forward, one of the characteristics of La Lagunita is a zoomorphic facade representing the gaping maw of the earth monster and a pyramidal temple nearly 20 meters high ten carved stones, a set of ball and three altars.
In turn, in Tamchén (Deep Well) there are several places with large buildings, including a temple with an altar at the base and a shrine on top of the important parts are preserved. La Antigua Ciudad Maya and Calakmul Protected Rainforest, located in the state of Campeche, in June were included by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage as well mixed.
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