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MUFONET-BBS GROUP - MUTUAL UFO NETWORK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS - WIRE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³=START= XMT: 13:10 Mon Jan 27 EXP: 13:00 Tue Jan 28 ³ ³ ³ ³MEXICAN RESEARCHERS FIND SOME 190 PRE-COLOMBIAN MAYAN ³ ³STRUCTURES ³ ³ ³ ³MEXICO CITY (JAN. 27) XINHUA - RESEARCHERS FROM MEXICO'S ³ ³NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY RECENTLY ³ ³DISCOVERED 190 PRE-COLOMBIAN MAYAN STRUCTURES IN THE STATE ³ ³OF YUCATAN, IT WAS REPORTED HERE TODAY. ³ ³ ³ ³ACCORDING TO THE INSTITUTE'S REGIONAL DIRECTOR ALFREDO ³ ³BARRERA RUBIO, THE FINDINGS WERE MADE IN A 60-KM SECTION OF ³ ³THE MERIDA-CANCUN SUPERHIGHWAY PRESENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.³ ³ ³ ³THE SPECIALIST EXPLAINED THAT THE STRUCTURES WERE LINED UP ³ ³IN A WEST-EAST DIRECTION ALMOST PARALLEL TO THE HIGHWAY. UP³ ³TILL NOW 100 OF THE 190 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED AND ³ ³ARE BEING ANALYZED TO DETERMINE THEIR PARTICULAR PERIOD AND ³ ³OTHER CHARACTERISTICS, HE ADDED. ³ ³ ³ ³HE EXPLAINED THAT THE BUILDINGS DISCOVERED ARE OF ³ ³HABITATIONAL NATURE AND OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES. ³ ³ ³ ³HE UNDERLINED THE EXISTENCE OF TOMBS WITH HUMAN REMAINS AND ³ ³FUNERAL OFFERINGS IN SEVERAL OF THOSE PLATFORMS. THE ³ ³HUMIDITY AND THE CLIMATE OF THE REGION HAVE DAMAGED MANY ³ ³SKELETONS, BARRERA RUBIO SAID. ³ ³ ³ ³=END= ³

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