Grave at Tikal by junge1

Photography • Historical • posted on Dec 23, 2010

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This is a replica of the original grave that was found at the northeast corner of the Great Plaza in front of Temple I, 'The Temple of the Grand Jaguar' at Tikal. It was found under seven feet of soil. The skeletal remains are 7 feet long, suggesting that the nobles were tall people and explaining that some of the temple steps are very tall and hard to climb, while other steps are shorter. This grave included beautiful jade objects, pieces of bone carved with hieroglyphs, pearls, pottery, and stingray spines which were used for ritual bloodletting. This picture was taken on 29 November 2010. Thank you for viewing and commenting, Sig...

Comments (23)

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Faemike55

2:51PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

This is so cool! Great capture, Sig

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flaviok

3:19PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

Fascinante, fantástica captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)

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emmecielle

3:41PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

Fantastic capture, Sig! Thanks for the interesting information! :)

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drifterlee

5:13PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

Cool shot!!!!! Merry Christmas!

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clbsmiley

5:15PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

Interesting... kinda comical. :)

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flavia49

6:15PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

fantastic image!! splendid! Happy Holidays!!!

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bazza

8:27PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

Lovely capture it looks like it is laughing lol..

MrsLubner

11:21PM | Thu, 23 December 2010

I find this fascinating. Very cleaned up and easy to view. I would have liked to have seen it as it was revealed when it was originally dug up though. I bet it looked a bit different. :-)

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jascorpio

3:20AM | Fri, 24 December 2010

Thank you sig for the information and this great capture.

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farmerC

4:15AM | Fri, 24 December 2010

Shining.

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lyron

6:21AM | Fri, 24 December 2010

Fantastic image. Merry Christmas!!!

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kgb224

7:05AM | Fri, 24 December 2010

Stunning capture my friend.

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casmindo

7:22AM | Fri, 24 December 2010

Great picture they were a very interesting people!

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njb2000

7:27AM | Fri, 24 December 2010

Those tall people certainly know how to celebrate!

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bkhook

8:03AM | Fri, 24 December 2010

Wow, an interesting history and photo.

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Richardphotos

3:20PM | Fri, 24 December 2010

I noticed that the steps in the state of Mexico,Mexico pyramids were very tall also to climb.very interesting history

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jocko500

8:19PM | Fri, 24 December 2010

wow this is something to see. love it....merry christmas

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Cosme..D..Churruca

6:11AM | Sat, 25 December 2010

very interesting pic. Feliz Navidad!

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virginiese

11:04AM | Sat, 25 December 2010

excellent capture Sig ! Thank you also for your interesting comment about the pyramids' steps !

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Minda

11:53AM | Sat, 25 December 2010

This is very interesting photo sig...and Thanks for the info..

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carlx

12:53PM | Sat, 25 December 2010

Awesome capture!!!

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auntietk

1:27PM | Sat, 25 December 2010

How interesting, especially about the height of the people. I won't be trying those tall steps any time soon! I believe my legs are more peasant length. :)

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danapommet

7:00PM | Sun, 26 December 2010

Excellent capture and I was shocked by the info about the 7 feet long skeleton. Very beautiful artifacts included. That does explain the height of the steps. Dana