While excavating the Maya village of Ceren, researchers have discovered a unique road, which was likely how the villagers managed to flee the billowing…Read More »
plume of volcanic ash from the Loma Caldera volcano as it rolled through the town some 1,400 years ago. Shown here, the sacbe, or "white way," — a paved road built by the Maya usually to connect temples, plazes and groups of structures within ceremonial centers or cities — shown here with a drainage canal on the left and several corn plants preserved by ash on the right in the Maya village. [Read full story] Less «
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Credit: Payson Sheets, University of Colorado
Researchers discovered an ancient Maya white road known as a sacbe has been discovered buried under roughly 17 feet of volcanic ash at the archaeological…Read More »
Jennifer Welsh graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz's Science Communication graduate program after working at a start up biotech company for three years after getting her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame. She has worked at WiredScience, The Scientist and Discover Magazine before joining the Live Science team.