Exterior view of tomb of Mayan ruler at the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque in the hills of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas (INAH/Reuters). A tiny remote-controlled camera peered inside the tomb that had been sealed for 1,500 years, revealing red frescoes, pottery, and pieces of a funerary shroud made of jade and mother of pearl. Archeologists had not been able to access the vault discovered in 1999 inside a Mexican pyramid among the ruins until now, the INAH said in a release on Thursday. More
Tiny camera reveal early Mayan tomb
Researchers said Thursday that a tiny remote-controlled camera lowered into an early Mayan tomb in southern Mexico has helped reveal an intact funeral chamber with offerings and red-painted wall murals. The tomb was discovered in 1999 inside a pyramid among the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque in the hills of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
Mexico City – Mexican archaeologists have found a new ballplayer monolith dating from between 900 A.D. and 1000 A.D at an archaeological site in the north-central state of Zacatecas, INAH said.
Maya offering found in Cenote, near Chichen Itza
The offering contains human bones of at least six individuals, probably sacrificed during a pair of intense dry season periods, one nearly 1200 years ago and the other, 900, as well as ceramic vessels; jade and shell beads; flint and double leaf knives, shell round artifacts that might have been Tlaloc goggles, animal bones, and a great amount of charcoal probably used during the ritual.