Potentially oldest, biggest Maya construction discovered in Mexico

An international team of researchers have discovered what is believed to be the oldest and largest construction built by the ancient Maya civilization in a jungle in southeastern Mexico.The discovery of the artificial plateau -- believed to have been built around 1,000 B.C. and measuring about 1,400 meters in length, 400 meters in width and 10 to 15 meters in height -- was reported in an article published in the British science journal Nature on Wednesday.The large-scale ceremonial complex, which lies at the western boundary of the Maya lowlands, was named Aguada Fenix, and together with ot…READ FULL ARTICLE