Archaeologists discover ancient Mayan city on construction site

A view shows the collapsed roof that protected the "Casa de las Aguilas", part of the ruins of the Templo Mayor archaeological site, after heavy rain and hail, in downtown Mexico City, Mexico April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

KANASIN, Mexico (Reuters) - Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

The site, called Xiol, has features of the Mayan Puuc style of architecture, archaeologists said, which is common in the southern Yucatan Peninsula but rare near Merida.