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A Day at Cerén

Around 600 CE, a volcano completely buried a Maya village in ash. Earthquakes leading up to the explosion warned the villagers, and they all escaped safely. But nearly everything they owned was left behind, lost in layers of ash. Centuries later, archaeologists uncovered Cerén. What they found lets us imagine life in an ancient Maya farming village…

At Cerén, your day starts with the sunrise. There’s always so much

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