AS WITH all make-overs, it seemed like a good idea at the time. The village of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes reckoned it could attract more tourists by giving an ancient pyramid a facelift.

Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around 400 B.C. The level of realism, both in the facial features and ...

2,400-Year-Old Clay Puppets With Moveable Heads Found Atop Ancient Pyramid One of the figures may have been created as a "clone" of a king. Benjamin Taub.

'Disturbing' 2,000-year-old dolls discovered on top of pyramid by archaeologists The discovery of the Bolinas figurines, a type of puppet-like artefact, could provide new insights into an ancient ...