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Mayan artifacts surface in El Salvador construction site

By Korea Herald

Published : June 11, 2013 - 20:17

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Archaeologists work an ancient tomb found at a construction site in the town of Colon. (AFP-Yonhap News) Archaeologists work an ancient tomb found at a construction site in the town of Colon. (AFP-Yonhap News)
SAN SALVADOR (AFP) ― Salvadoran construction workers building a housing complex unearthed Mayan pots, ceramic fragments and other artifacts, an official said.

The find was made in Colon, 25 kilometers west of San Salvador.

Specialists alerted to the site also found pieces of obsidian and part of a human skeleton which may also be from the Mayan period.

A technician from the Culture Ministry, Julio Alvarado, said the area where the find was made is one the Central American’s country’s richest from an archeological standpoint.

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