Ancient Maya Artifact Discovered

Mexico City, USA, 24 Aug (ONA) --- An ancient Maya artifact has been discovered in Mexico.

Researchers with the US National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) uncovered the ceramic dish during excavations at the Cansacbé archaeological site. It is located around 7 miles from the port city of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico.

The multicolored dish was found in a male burial dated to the Late Classic period (600 to 900 A.D.) of Mesoamerican history, INAH said in a statement.

The Maya were notable for creating the only fully developed writing system in pre-Columbian America, and for their striking architecture and art, as well as their advanced calendar, mathematics, and astronomical system.

The latest discovery of the ceramic dish at the site came during prospecting and salvage on a section of the Tren Maya project.

---Ends/Thuraiya/AG