Archaeologists peek into early Mayan tomb

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Interesting stuff.

A SMALL, remote-controlled camera lowered into an early Mayan tomb in southern Mexico has revealed an apparently intact funeral chamber with offerings and red-painted wall murals, researchers said.
Footage of the approximately 1500-year-old tomb at the Palenque archaeological site showed a series of nine figures depicted in black on a vivid, blood-red background. Archaeologists say the images from one of the earliest ruler's tombs found at Palenque will shed new light on the early years of the once-great city state.


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[Wimbo]

Love stuff like this. I'm an Indiana Jones at heart.