Multiple clay puppets with creepy open-mouthed expressions were discovered at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador. The ...

Archaeologists in El Salvador found a collection of clay puppets from the pre-Columbian El Salvador that they dated to around ...

The figures date back 2,400 years and seem to have been marionettes, worked with strings. All have expressions that change with the viewer's perspective.

The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...

Puppets with movable heads and ‘creepy’ faces Three of the largest ... large enough for a string to pass through. Researchers believe the figurines’ creators used a string to control them ...