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On June 22, 2026, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of Minanbé — an intact, unlooted Maya city deep in the jungles of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Campeche, at the base of the Yucatán Peninsula. The Indigenous civilization in this area was known for building monumental cities like Chichén Itzá, Palenque, and Tulum. The city’s name is derived from the Yucatec Maya words mina’an (there is no) and be (path) because of the difficulty of accessing the ruins, which include pyramids, palace complexes, and carved stone monuments. Undisturbed for a Thousand Years According to Ivan Šprajc, leader of the Mexican and Slovenian research team, Minanbé sat undisturbed for more than a thousand years. It is the
