This was a kiln-er find. Puppets with remarkable facial features believed to date back some 2,400 years have been discovered at the top of an ancient pyramid in the jungle of El Salvador. The ...

Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around 400 B.C. The level of realism, both in the facial features and movement, ...

For its fourth installment of the 2022 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host "Bread and Puppet's The Persians: Making and Performing a Puppet Tragedy," ...

This forum will also be broadcast via Ballard Institute Facebook Live (facebook.com/BallardInstitute). In conjunction with the Ballard Institute's new exhibit, Taking ...

Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw in Poland have made an unusual discovery, after coming across five ancient puppets atop a massive pyramidal complex in El Salvador, dating back to 400 BC.

Archaeologists have discovered rare, 2,400-year-old puppets in El Salvador that may have been used in public rituals to perform well-known events that were "mythical or real." The finding suggests ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious set of 2,400-year-old puppets with ‘dramatic facial expressions’ atop a pyramid in El Salvador. The five ceramic figures dated to about 400 BC bear ...