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Joseph Golder

Lost World: Ancient Underwater City Revealed

The exploration of a submerged archaeological site of a complex Mayan city by experts in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. (INAH/Zenger)

An international team of experts has explored the 2,000-year-old sunken Mayan city of Atitlan and declared it a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Mexican National Institute for Anthropology and History (Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia; INAH) said in a statement obtained by Zenger News that the city dates back to “the Late Preclassic period (400 BC-250 AD)”.

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