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[Fred Nerks]

El Salvador's buried roots: Out of the ash of an ancient volcanic eruption, archaeologists are unravelling the complexities of village life in 7th-century Central America

Ceren's sauna is also intriguing in its own right. It is an architectural masterpiece with a striking earthen dome roof covering the building. Largely impermeable, to keep in steam and heat, this earthen structure was protected from wind and rain by a thatched outer layer. Before its discovery, anthropologists believed that the skills needed to construct domes were introduced to the New World by the Spanish - but the Spanish did not arrive until more than 900 years after Ceren was buried. Inside the sauna, a central fireplace is surrounded by lounging platforms that provide enough space for more than a dozen people at a time to take a sauna.