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Valeriana is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche in the tropical rainforest jungle near its eastern border with the state of Quintana Roo. [1] Its discovery was announced in October 2024, and the site was named after an adjacent lake.
Ocomtún is an ancient Late Classic city located on the Yucatan Peninsula in the Mexican state of Campeche.Archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of the city in June 2023, after finding the ruins of several pyramid structures measuring approximately 15 m (49 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in height in a relatively unexplored area of the state. [1]
The hypothetical discovery is based on analysis by the Canadian Space Agency of satellite data from NASA, and from the Japanese Space Agency, JAXA.The position of the site was posited by William Gadoury based on his theory that Maya site locations correlated with their astronomical data matching 117 known Maya sites with the positions of stars in 22 supposed "Maya constellations".
The discovery is the latest rock art to be found in the region’s intriguing limestone caves and is at least 33,000 years older than Europe’s famed Paleolithic sites such as Lascaux.
The modern city of San Francisco de Campeche was founded in 1540 by Francisco de Montejo upon the site of Can Pech, the former capital city of a Maya chiefdom. The city of Campeche was terrorized by pirates and marauders (such as the 1633 Sack of Campeche and the 1663 Sack of Campeche) until the city constructed major fortifications. The ...
Campeche, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, [c] is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the southwest, Yucatán to the northeast, Quintana Roo to the east, by the Petén department of Guatemala to the south, and by the Orange Walk District of Belize ...
The plaques show the nude figures of a human male and female along with several symbols that are designed to provide information about the origin of the spacecraft. [ 1 ] The Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft were the first human-built objects to achieve escape velocity from the Solar System .
Chicanná is located in the state of Campeche, and is part of the ancient Maya Rio Bec region. [2] [3] The site was first studied by Jack Eaton in 1966 while exploring the Yucatán. [4] The most famous building at the site, Structure II, was studied later during excavations in 1970. [4] The core of Chicanná consists of seven buildings. [4]