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- Letitia Dall on 24 May 08
  
  Now i know how Ancient Mayan Kings were buried! yay! thumbs up for this site!
  
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- Letitia Dall on 24 May 08
  
  Now i know how Ancient Mayan kings were buried! thumbs up for this site!
  
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The king was found lying on his back, adorned with a green jadeite necklace bearing the carved head of a vulture, and ear spools inlaid with obsidian. A jadeite bead the size of a cherry was found in the king's mouth. The green stone was an ancient Maya metaphor for life and breath.
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"The jadeite vulture pendant is particularly significant,"
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"The bird is the quintessential sign of kingship in the ancient Maya world. We also believe that this is a royal tomb from the sheer complexity of the burial ritual."
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Unlike most royal burials, however, the La Milpa tomb was not built within a pyramid, but dug into the site's main plaza. Because of its location the tomb escaped the notice of looters who ravaged the site in the 1970s
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