History & Archaeology

A news research on an ancient Maya Village which was destroyed by a Volcano about 600 AD, brought up some interesting results. Ceren which is a Unesco World Heritage Site is known as the Pompeii of Central America, destroyed in the same way as Pompeii and preserved under many meters of ash. Professor of biology David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati, who is specialized in paleoethnobotany, along with his team, have discovered things at the site that they have never encountered before at any Mayan site. And because of the ash they are preserved in an excellent way. The things discovered include huge quantities of root crop, grasses that no longer exist in El Salvador, raised paved pathways, large