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The Acámbaro Figures

November 9, 2026November 9, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

Acámbaro figurines on display in a museum case — small clay figures of dinosaur-like and other creatures, including one labelled as a wild horse

About 4 min readIn 1944 a hardware merchant in Mexico was offered thousands of clay figurines — including dinosaurs, Romans and Egyptians — supposedly dug from ancient ground. Archaeologists say they were made for a peso apiece.