Mexican archaeologists unearth ancient 1,100-year-old burial chamber
Jul 19, 2012 – 6:02 PM ET
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A view of a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa.
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient 1,100-year-old burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The funerary complex, consisting of three burial chambers, is different from the previously discovered finds in the region.
It was located inside a building designed exclusively to house a series of tombs placed vertically, one above another, and unlike the ones found so far, they are not underground, according to the National Institute of Anthropology and History.
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A view of the building (top) where archeologists found a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa.
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An archeologist brushes off dust at a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa.
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Archeologists work at the entrance of a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa.
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Glasses, a metate (mealing stone) and a sea shell fragment are seen at a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa.
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A view of the vertical burial chambers at the archeological site of Atzompa.
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