Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department El Salvador featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village preserved remarkably intact under layers of volcanic ash. It is often referred to as the Pompeii of the Americas in comparison to the famed Ancient Roman ruins.
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