Multiple clay puppets with creepy open-mouthed expressions were discovered at the top of a pyramid in El Salvador. The figurines are around 2,400 years old.

Researchers determined that the artifacts were puppets because of the holes in their heads, which string could easily ... sometimes they even look creepy because of their vivid expressions." ...

Archaeologists have unearthed five ceramic puppets from a pyramid in San Isidro ... Each of the small statues has small holes drilled into it so that string can pass through, suggesting that ...

After Dark: Richard Attenborough's psychological horror from ... a fairly standard puppet-centric nightmare — about a predatory man nearing the end of his rope (strings?) when he starts talking ...

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, located in the heart of downtown Storrs, Conn., hosted famed photographer and legendary puppeteer Richard Termine for a puppet forum discussion this ...

In the 1978 psychological horror classic “Magic,” Anthony ... Goldman weaves a fairly standard puppet-centric nightmare — about a predatory man nearing the end of his rope (strings?) when he starts ...

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Holes in the necks of the puppets likely allowed strings to control their movements ... “When you hold them in your hand, sometimes they even look creepy because of their vivid expressions.