Ancient Maya kingdom unearthed in a backyard in Mexico

Associate professor of anthropology Charles Golden and his colleagues have found the long-lost capital of an ancient Maya kingdom in the backyard of a Mexican cattle rancher.

Among their findings is a trove of Maya monuments, one of which has an important inscription describing rituals, battles, a mythical water serpent and the dance of a rain god. They've also found remnants of pyramids, a royal palace and ball court.

Golden and his fellow researchers believe the archaeological site, named Lacanja Tzeltal for the nearby modern community, was the capital of the Sak Tz'i' kingdom, located in what is today the state of Chiapas in southeastern Mexico. It was likely first settled by 750 B.C.E. and then occupied for over 1,000 years.

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Crazy! Thousands of Birds invade Texas shopping centre parking lot

Flocks consisting of thousands of grackles invaded a Houston City shopping centre parking lot in Texas. Footage of the incident features thousands of grackles taking over a Kroger grocery store parking area, while also resting on power lines and cars. “This is just crazy. Look at these birds, they're like everywhere,” says Tracy Miller - “Just thousands and thousands and thousands…” They were everywhere: rooftops, cars, on the ground, in the trees. The sky was abuzz with them all, and they were so loud!" Miller told Storyful. Read full article and watch three videos of the thousands of birds at: https://sputniknews.com/viral/202002031078208044-video-flocks-of-birds-invade-texas-shopping-centre-parking-lot-in-terrifying-moment/

It Rains Liquid Iron On This Planet

Scientists detect an exotic planet in another solar system where the weather forecast is always dire - a 100 percent chance of the most outrageous rain imaginable, with droplets of scaldingly hot liquid iron. Researchers using the ESPRESSO instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile recently detected a super-heated exoplanet located 640 light years from Earth. Dubbed WASP-76b, the planet is nearly twice the size of Jupiter and orbits a star almost twice the size as the sun. Read full article and watch video at: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/video-planet-where-it-rains-liquid-iron

Weird Jellyfish creature captured in the sky over Sau Paolo, Brazil

A footage from Brazil shows a strange unidentified flying object which bears an uncanny resemblance to a jellyfish. The puzzling anomaly was recorded over the city of Sau Paolo. The jellyfish-like UFO initially appears as a fairly indistinct anomaly high in the sky and far away from the person behind the camera. However, when they zoom in on the object, one can see that it appears to have a dome-like top with some tentacles. Various suggestions for the nature of the object have been offered. Read full article and watch video of the jellyfish-like UFO at: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/watch-odd-ufo-filmed-in-brazil

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