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mariamma · 12-26-2011, 05:59 PM

Mayans lived in North Georgia 1100 years ago. They even built a pyramid. Wonder where they went? Wonder if they merged with the local peoples?

mariamma · 12-26-2011, 06:00 PM

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/2...north-georgia/

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Originally Posted by mariamma

Mayans lived in North Georgia 1100 years ago. They even built a pyramid. Wonder where they went? Wonder if they merged with the local peoples?

Corkey · 12-26-2011, 06:06 PM

hummmmm, interesting.

SoNotHer · 12-26-2011, 07:59 PM

"Golden Chief" Tomb Treasure Yields Clues to Unnamed Civilization
"Spectacular find" includes gold, jewels, and a small army of likely sacrifices.

A seahorse pendant is among gold ornaments found in a chief's grave at El Caño, Panama. Photograph by David Coventry, National Geographic

It's really a very spectacular find. ... probably the most significant" for this culture since the 1930s, when the nearby Sitio Conte site, also in central Panama, yielded a wealth of gold artifacts, anthropologist John Hoopes said. Until now, Sitio Conte provided the only major evidence of the golden-chiefs culture, which can be traced from about A.D. 250 to the 16th century, when Spanish conquerors arrived on the scene. Dating to between A.D. 700 and 1000, the new artifacts were excavated about two miles (three kilometers) from Sitio Conte, at a site called El Caño.

Striking Gold, Second Time Around

El Caño's field of stone monoliths and sculptures had drawn treasure seekers in the early 20th century, but as luck would have it, they dug up only artifact-poor graves of common people. A few years ago, after having worked at Sitio Conte—also marked by ancient monoliths—archaeologist Julia Mayo of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute decided to reinvestigate El Caño. Mayo's ground surveys, beginning in 2005, traced the circular outline of a series of burials, about 260 feet (80 meters) wide.

Not long after digging had begun, in 2008, the team uncovered the skeleton of a high-ranking chief, clad in circular breastplates embossed with ghoulish faces, patterned arm cuffs, and a belt of large golden beads—a taste of the bounty to come.

More at -

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...panama20111224

Corkey · 12-26-2011, 08:26 PM

Fascinating!

Corkey · 12-29-2011, 05:41 PM

http://www.greeceindex.com/About_Gre...Petralona.html

Skull found in Greece.

Midnight · 12-29-2011, 06:02 PM

Discovery of a faceless, brainless fish in Scotland

http://www.sciencenewsblog.com/blog/122920111

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