A recently unearthed ancient monument in southeastern Mexico was built as a giant representation of the Mesoamerican universe, and was likely an important ceremonial site, finds new research by an international team involving a UCL archaeologist. The paper, published in Science Advances , describes the ancient complex of raised causeways, corridors carved into the earth and series of canals discovered at Aguada Fénix in 2020. It’s the largest monumental construction known today in the Maya area