Lost Maya City Inside Volcano Crater Explored by Archaeologists

BY ROBYN WHITE ON 4/28/22 AT 9:59 AM EDT

Alost Mayan city that collapsed inside a volcano crater has been explored by a team of archaeologists

In the Late Preclassic period—400 BC to AD 250—there was a thriving Mayan city consisting of temples, houses and squares, in the middle of the volcanic Lake Atitlán.

The Atitlán, situated in the highlands of Guatemala, lies within a volcano carter more than 5,000 feet above sea level.



Maya ruins
Archaeologists dove to the Lake's depths to explore the lost city
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY

A catastrophic event—which experts believe was caused by some sort of volcanic activity—caused the city to collapse from its bottom, forcing the Mayans to flee.

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https://www.newsweek.com/lost-maya-city-volcano-crater-lake-atitlan-archaeologists-1701774