Many children’s remains were found in Mayan burial sites

Mexican scientists have found archaeological remains of a Mayan burial site in San Miguelito, near the city of Cancun.

According to Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), of the 47 excavated remains, at least 30 are of children aged 3-6 years old. Most of the children died from starvation or related diseases.

Archaeologist Sandra Elizalde claims the skeletons date back to the 16th century – a time when many Maya infants died due to poor health and malnutrition.

Statue of a woman with wrinkles on her face discovered in a Mayan tomb

“A few children were buried with crude ceramic utensils, reflecting the poor Mayan society of that time” – Elizalde added.

Archaeologists believe that what they have unearthed is evidence revealing a hungry Maya society during the Spanish invasion in the 16th century. This is the final stage of the Maya civilization (existence). from about 2,000 BC to 1546).

The Mayan civilization once developed strongly and was famous in the fields of construction, architecture, mathematics, astronomy and calculation.