{"id":121499,"date":"2023-11-26T09:20:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121499"},"modified":"2023-11-26T09:20:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T09:20:55","slug":"archaeologists-find-ancient-maya-snake-tomb-with-human-body-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/archaeologists-find-ancient-maya-snake-tomb-with-human-body-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists find ancient Maya ‘snake tomb’ with human body inside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tikal: Shocking discoveries made at Ancient Mayan City<\/h3>\n

The ancient Maya have long been a point of interest for archaeologists and researchers attempting to understand civilisation.<\/p>\n

Their work has seen them discover countless relics and artefacts hidden deep inside the jungle.<\/p>\n

Much of this has consisted of things like pyramids and jewellery, though one find trumped them all.<\/p>\n

Deep inside the jungle of Belize, Central America, archaeologists have uncovered what may be the largest royal tomb found in a century of work on Maya ruins in the country.<\/p>\n

Along with a range of mystifying hieroglyphs that hinted at the existence of a so-called “snake dynasty”, researchers came across an altogether more gruesome object deep inside a forgotten tomb.<\/p>\n

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On excavating a stairway to a large part of the structure, researchers found within it the remains of a male adult, believed to be aged between 20 and 30 years old, lying on his back with his head to the south.<\/p>\n

Archaeologist Professor Jamie Awe, who led the excavations with a team from his institute, Northern Arizona University, and the Belize Institute of Archaeology in 2016, said analysis revealed much about the man.<\/p>\n

Results showed he was athletic and “quite muscular” at the time of his death, though there was little indication to explain how he had died.<\/p>\n

“[It is] one of the largest burial chambers ever discovered in Belize,” Prof Awe told The Guardian.<\/p>\n

Alongside the gruesome remains he and the team also found jaguar and deer bones, six jade beads potentially from a necklace, 13 obsidian blades, and 36 ceramic vessels.<\/p>\n

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