A cylindrical column at the ancient Maya site that archaeologists are calling Ocomtún, in Mexico’s Campeche State. — ©️2023 The New York Times Company
ARMED with machetes and chain-saws, hacking through fallen trees and wading through dense scrub, the archaeologists cleared a path down rocky trails.
At last, they reached their destination in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula: a hidden city where pyramids and palaces rose above crowds more than 1,000 years ago, with a ball court and terraces now buried and overgrown.
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