sunny1:

breakingnews:

Tiny jar uncovers tomb of Maya warlord queen

NBC News: Glyphs carved into a tiny alabaster jar have led archaeologists to conclude that the tomb in Guatemala where the jar was found belonged to one of the greatest queens of the Classic Maya civilization, known as Lady K’abel.

“She was not only a queen, but a supreme warlord, and that made her the most powerful person in the kingdom during her lifetime,” David Freidel, an archaeologist at Washington University in St. Louis, said in a report released today.

Photo: These pictures show the two sides of the jar. On the left, the head of a woman rises from the conch-shell carving. On the right, Maya glyphs identify the jar’s owner. (El Peru-Waka Regional Archaeological Project via nbcnews.com)

I cannot read today

I thought the jar WAS her tomb 

like maybe they cremated her and it was her urn

i took a pre-colombian art history course as my art requirement, and imagine my surprise when it turned out to be both my very favorite history course AND a major wing in the local art history museum

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