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Ancient wooden Mayan canoe unearthed almost intact in Mexico

Yahoo News – BBC News

Sat, October 30, 2021, 3:16 AM

Archaeologists have discovered a wooden Mayan canoe in southern Mexico, believed to be over 1,000 years old.

Measuring over 5ft (1.6m), it was found almost completely intact, submerged in a freshwater pool near the ruined Mayan city of Chichen Itza.

Mexico’s antiquities institute (Inah) says it may have been used to extract water or deposit ritual offers.

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