100s More Archaeological Sites Found on Mexico Train Route

100s More Archaeological Sites Found on Mexico Train Route
Tourists wearing face masks are seen at Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico on March 5, 2021. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
Updated:

MEXICO CITY—Mexican experts said Thursday they have detected the ruins of almost 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures and 80 burial sites on just one-sixth of the route of the president’s controversial “Maya Train” project on the Yucatan peninsula.

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History did not say whether any of the remains were disturbed or destroyed by the train project, which in some places runs alongside existing rail lines. It described the ruins as being “on the edge of the project.”