Topic: Pictures: Blood-Red Pyramid Tomb Revealed by Tiny Camera

[sam]

Seen for the first time in centuries, a 1,500-year-old tomb comes to light via a tiny camera lowered into a Maya pyramid at Mexico's Palenque (map) archaeological site in April. The intact, blood-red funeral chamber offers insight into the ancient city's early history, experts say.

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Pretty eerie

[Clive]

The Mayans were a bloodthirsty lot!  When I visited Chitzen Itza in 2008 they showed us huge pits full of skulls and bones from human sacrifices.  There was a game in which competitors had to hit a ball through a loop using their hip.  The winner was sacrificed.   

[sam]

craziness.

[Clive]

Is it any surprise the Mayans died out?   

[sam]

was for them

[Clive]

 

[Simon]