Czech-Slovak archaeological team finds ancient Mayan city in Guatemala

A Czech-Slovak archaeological team has discovered an almost 3,000-year-old Mayan city in northern Guatemala, a press release by the Neuron Foundation, which financially supported the expedition, revealed on Tuesday. Among the things the team found during the seven-week expedition were remains of palaces, statues, and astronomical observatories. The city, named Yax Balam (First Jaguar) by the archaeologists, was spread over an area of more than seven square kilometers and was the centre of the region for about a thousand years, flourishing between 850 BC and 150 AD.