Lost Maya City Discovered Untouched in Mexican Jungle — Pyramids, Palaces, and Carved Monuments Still Intact

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Archaeologists have discovered Minanbé, an intact unlooted Maya city in Mexico's Calakmul jungle — complete with pyramids, 14 carved stelae, and hieroglyphic texts dating to 849 AD and the Maya collapse.

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