Uma pequena câmera de controle remoto baixada dentro de uma tumba Maia no sul do México revelou uma câmara funerária aparentemente intacta, com oferendas e murais de parede pintados de vermelho, informam pesquisadores.
A filmagem da tumba, no sítio arqueológico Palenque, mostra uma série de nove figuras representadas em preto sobre um plano de fundo vívido vermelho-sangue. Arqueólogos dizem que as imagens de uma das mais antigas tumbas de governantes encontradas no Palenque irão dar novas pistas sobre os primeiros anos da outrora grande cidade-estado.
O Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e História (INAH) disse que os arqueólogos sabiam da tuma desde 1999, mas não podiam entrar porque a pirâmide sobre ela era instável e entrar na câmara poderia danificar os murais.
O Instituto disse que assoalho parecia coberto detrito e não estava imediatamente claro na filmagem se a tumba continha restos reconhecíveis. Mas a arqueóloga Martha Cuevas disse que o jade e os fragmentos de conchas vistos no vídeo eram "parte de um traje funerário".
Imagens cedidas pelo INAH.
A tumba foi descoberta em 1999 dentro de uma pirâmide entre as ruínas da cidade Maia de Palenque nas colinas do Estado de Chiapas, no sul do México. Mas até agora os arqueólogos não haviam tido acesso ao jazigo, que se acredita conter os despojos de um governante Maia que viveu entre 431 DC e 550.
A small, remote-controlled camera lowered into an early Mayan tomb in southern Mexico has revealed a funeral chamber apparently intact, with offerings and red-painted wall murals, researchers say.
Footage of the approximately 1,500-year-old tomb, at the Palenque archaeological site, shows 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 had known about the tomb since 1999, but were unable to enter it because the pyramid standing above it was unstable and breaking into the chamber could damage the murals.
It said the floor appeared to be covered with detritus and it was not immediately evident in the footage if the tomb contained recognisable remains. But archaeologist Martha Cuevas said the jade and shell fragments seen on the video were "part of a funerary costume".
Photograph released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). A tiny remote-controlled camera was used to peer inside the tomb, revealing red frescoes, pottery and pieces of a funerary shroud made of jade and mother of pearl.
The tomb was discovered in 1999 inside a pyramid among the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque in the hills of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
But until now archeologists had not been able to access the vault, believed to hold the remains of a Mayan ruler who lived between AD 431 and 550.
Photograph released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). A tiny remote-controlled camera was used to peer inside the tomb, revealing red frescoes, pottery and pieces of a funerary shroud made of jade and mother of pearl.
The tomb was discovered in 1999 inside a pyramid among the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque in the hills of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
But until now archeologists had not been able to access the vault, believed to hold the remains of a Mayan ruler who lived between AD 431 and 550.
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