Ancient Maya Tomb Found: Upright Skeleton, Unusual Location


	Ancient Maya Tomb Found: Upright Skeleton, Unusual Location

harleew

5-25-2007 4:44 AM

249 views

tags:

mayan tomb, honduras, mysteries

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

"Portal to mythical underworld found in Me...

Ancient Games

Coast to Coast AM's Art Bell Interview w/ ...

Planning for Doomsday

Wayland Smithy Crop Circle

10 Greatest Major-Impact Craters on Earth

More clips from harleew

OM Global por la Paz Sincronizado

Goals 2010 Tibetan Photo Project

Snowball Earth

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from May 25, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/00f4b13b-1636-4900-b0df-4ab922542482/85416C72-9F12-411B-92DF-7711E4C6D0FA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070517-maya-tomb.html" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070517-maya-tomb.html" style="font-size: 11px;">news.nationalgeographic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070517-maya-tomb.html"><P class="intro">
Archaeologists working in Honduras have discovered an entombed human skeleton of an elite member of the ancient Maya Empire that may help unravel some longstanding mysteries of the vanished culture.
</P><P>
The remains, seated in an upright position in an unusual tomb and flanked by shells, pottery, vessels, and jade adornments, suggest a surprisingly diverse culture and complex political system in the influential Maya city of Copán around A.D. 650.
                                       </p> <DIV id="storyInlineBox">
<P>
<A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/66576080.html">
		<IMG width="170" height="113" border="0" alt="Maya tomb picture" src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/070517-maya-tomb_170.jpg" class="photo" />
	</A>
</p> <P>
</P><P><A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/66576080.html">Enlarge Photo</A></p> <P class="caption"> </p> <P> <IMG class="tool" alt="_" src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/images/printer.gif" /> <A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/66576080.html">Printer Friendly</A> </P><P>
</P><P class="section"><IMG class="tool" src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/global2005/email.gif" /><A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/email2friend.pl">Email to a Friend</A></p> <DIV class="boxHeader">
    RELATED
    </DIV>
    <UL class="boxContent">
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1213_051213_maya_mural.html">Oldest Known Maya Mural, Tomb Reveal Story of Ancient King (December 13, 2005)</A> <I></I></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0105_060105_maya_writing.html">Earliest Maya Writing Found in Guatemala, Researchers Say (January 5, 2006)</A> <I></I></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/">Genographic Project: Atlas of the Human Journey</A> <I></I></LI>
</UL>
</DIV>
<P></p> <P></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/85416C72-9F12-411B-92DF-7711E4C6D0FA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from harleew

Today's Top Clips