Researchers named the newly discovered city Ocomtún, “stone column” in Yucatec Maya. The multiple cylindrical columns discovered likely serving as entrances to upper rooms of buildings.

Witness the detailed process of making cast stone columns and precast concrete pillars that enhance the beauty and elegance of house front views. This video takes you step-by-step through the ...

A team from the Archeology Council of the National Institute of Anthropology and History discovered the city, which they named Ocomtun — meaning “stone column” in the Yucatec Maya language ...

Pottery unearthed at the site appears to indicate it was inhabited between 600 and 800 AD, a period known as Late Classic. Archaeologists have named the site Ocomtún (Mayan for stone column).

Seven ancient stone columns from the Old Summer Palace, or Yuanmingyuan, in Beijing, which had been lost overseas for over a century, were officially returned to their homeland. They made their ...