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Archaeologists lower camera into early Mayan tomb
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The Graffiti on the wall said Jimmypoo was here TongueBig Grin

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110624/ap_o...mayan_tomb

By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press – Thu Jun 23, 9:47 pm ET
MEXICO CITY – 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 Thursday.
Footage of the approximately 1,500-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.
The National Institute of Anthropology and History said archaeologists have known about the tomb since 1999, but have been unable to enter it because the pyramid standing above it is unstable and breaking into the chamber could damage the murals.
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haikuman wrote:
...Footage of the approximately 1,500-year-old tomb at the Palenque archaeological site showed a series of nine figures depicted in black on a vivid, blood-red background and several empty tequila bottles.

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I highly recommend touring Mayan ruins when in Mexico or Central America- fascinating and still a bit spooky.
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MrB,

Not if they're these ruins:



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Robert
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