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In Mexico, Amateur Find of Ancient ‘Goddess’ Stirs Calls for More Research

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) The edge of a mysterious block of limestone began to peak out from the dirt after Cesar Cabrera cleared a stretch of his family farm in Mexico where he wanted to plant watermelon.

Several weeks later, he and five other men carefully hoisted it out of the ground, and found themselves face to face with a life-size statue that had likely been buried for centuries. The accidental archaeologists had made the country’s first big find of the year.

“Look! It’s the image of a goddess!” said an overjoyed Cabrera, 52, recalling his . . .

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