Wednesday 28 September 2011

Peneliti Temukan Ratu Suku Maya di Gua Harta


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Peneliti menemukan tulang Ratu Maya yang secara misterius ditempatkan dalam dua mangkuk. Tulang ini ditemukan bersama dengan harta karun lainnya.

Di gua makam sarang tikus tempat tulang ditemukan juga terdapat giok, manik-manik dan pisau upacara. Tulang ratu ini ditemukan di bawah makam 1.300 tahun yang juga berisi mayat direruntuhan Nakum Guatemala. Temuan dua makan kerajaan ini menjadi yang pertama di situs yang dulunya merupakan pusat suku Maya.

Wieslaw Koszkul dan rekan dari Jagiellonian University Institute of Archeology di Krakow, Polandia, telah menyelidiki lingkungan Nakum yang lebih dikenal sebagai Segitiga Budaya selama bertahun-tahun seperti dikutip Dailymail.

“Struktur ini nampaknya seperti makam untuk keturunan kerajaan selama 400 tahun,” kata Koszkul. Sayangnya, mayat di makam ini rusak parah karena tikus namun peneliti yakin, mayat yang ditemukan ini berasal dari tubuh penguasa lain suku Maya.

Menariknya, makam ini tak dijarah, kata direktur proyek Jaroslaw Zralka. Peradaban Maya merupakan nama umum yang diberikan pada beberapa kota merdea yang memiliki budaya sama. Termasuk yang terdapat di Meksiko, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador dan Honduras.

Suku maya sendiri diprediksikan hidup antara 500 Sebelum Masehi (SM) hingga 900. Kelompok beragam ini berbicara menggunakan 30 bahasa dan dialek yang hampir mirip.


Discovery: The skeleton of a Maya Queen - with her head mysteriously placed between two bowls - is just one of the treasures found in a 2,000-year-old rodent-infested tomb

Discovery: The skeleton of a Maya Queen - with her head mysteriously placed between two bowls - is just one of the treasures found in a 2,000-year-old rodent-infested tomb

Mystery: The head of the dead woman found in the tomb was covered by a vessel

Maya Queen: A traditional picture of the queen by Ewald Kuch

Maya Queen: A traditional picture of the queen by Ewald Kuch

Ancient: Signet rings, such as this one, were among artifacts deposited directly above the 1,300-year-old ruler at least a hundred years after their burial

Ancient: Signet rings, such as this one, were among artifacts deposited directly above the 1,300-year-old ruler at least a hundred years after their burial

Into the cavern: Archaeologists descend into Nakum's pyramid which was formally known as Structure 15Priceless jade gorgets, beads, ceremonial knives and another body were also discovered in the cavern - which was found underneath a younger 1,300-year-old tomb - in the Guatemalan ruins of Nakum

Excavation: Priceless jade gorgets, beads, ceremonial knives and another body were also discovered in the cavern - which was found underneath a younger 1,300-year-old tomb - in the Guatemalan ruins of Naku


Reconstruction: This is what one of the pyramid's at Nakum would have looked like, according to researchers

Reconstruction: This is what one of the pyramid's at Nakum would have looked like, according to researchers

JadeCeremonial knives

Discovery: Jade (left) and ceremonial knives (right) have also been found in the tombs

Locator map showing Nakum Ruins in Guatemala







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