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Skyler Ware

Archaeologists discover 'Land of the White Jaguar,' centuries-old stronghold of rebel Maya in Mexico

Four researchers stand on a sandy bank near a river and some tree-covered mountains.

Archaeologists think they've found the remains of a centuries-old Maya rebel stronghold in Mexico where Indigenous people resisting the Spanish lived for over a century.

The city of Sak-Bahlán, or the "Land of the White Jaguar," was home to the Lakandon-Ch'ol people, Maya who resisted Spanish conquest and are known today as the last Maya rebels of Chiapas, a state in modern-day southern Mexico. Its location has evaded archaeologists for decades — until now.

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