Archaeologists Discover Ancient Mayan City on Construction Site

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Mayan City on Construction Site
A pot is displayed after being discovered in the ruins of a Mayan site, called Xiol, after archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park in Kanasin, near Merida, Mexico, on May 26, 2022. Lorenzo Hernandez/Reuters
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KANASIN, Mexico—Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids, and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

The site, called Xiol, has features of the Mayan Puuc style of architecture, archaeologists said, which is common in the southern Yucatan Peninsula but rare near Merida.