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In the dusty royal archives of Madrid, Spain there is an obscure 16th Century account written by a Spanish monk who made note of an ancient ruined city located somewhere in northwestern Yucatán. The monk described seeing large ruins covered in dense jungle and paid specific attention to a mysterious labyrinth – a maze made of stone – that he had found amongst the ruins. Several centuries would pass before archaeologists would finally arrive to name this site and begin official excavations some time around the turn of the century. And that is when they found it... a stela column unlike any other ever discovered. The column featured a strange anthropomorphic humanoid figurine protruding out from it. What’s more? It was depicted as being dressed in a mysterious outfit. Is this mysterious artifact evidence of a forgotten Mesoamerican civilization that once reigned in what we now call Mexico?
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https://mexicounexplained.com/oxkintok-little-known-lost-city-of-the-maya/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/stone-figure-oxkintok-0017473Oxkintok maze clip by Chad Blanton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhYRiygiAJI
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In the dusty royal archives of Madrid, Spain there is an obscure 16th Century account written by a Spanish monk who made note of an ancient ruined city located somewhere in northwestern Yucatán. The monk described seeing large ruins covered in dense jungle and paid specific attention to a mysterious labyrinth – a maze made of stone – that he had found amongst the ruins. Several centuries would pass before archaeologists would finally arrive to name this site and begin official excavations some time around the turn of the century. And that is when they found it... a stela column unlike any other ever discovered. The column featured a strange anthropomorphic humanoid figurine protruding out from it. What’s more? It was depicted as being dressed in a mysterious outfit. Is this mysterious artifact evidence of a forgotten Mesoamerican civilization that once reigned in what we now call Mexico?
JOIN ME ON A TOUR
SHOW NOTES
https://mexicounexplained.com/oxkintok-little-known-lost-city-of-the-maya/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/stone-figure-oxkintok-0017473Oxkintok maze clip by Chad Blanton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhYRiygiAJI

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