Guatemala tomb may hold founder of a Maya dynasty
Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 23:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The remains in the well-preserved chamber are arrayed like a dancer, and are accompanied by the bodies of six infants. U.S. and Guatemalan archaeologists have found an unusually well-preserved burial chamber that they believe is the tomb of the founder of a Maya dynasty, a find that promises new information about the empire's formative period.