#royal tomb

[blueiskewl]

Jade Mosaic Mask Discovered in Maya King's Royal Tomb

Revealing rare treasures and royal lineage.

A Tulane University archaeologist has recently discovered an ancient Maya tomb dating back 1,700 years at the site of Chochkitam in Guatemala near the borders of Mexico and Belize.

The tomb’s remarkable funeral offerings, such as a mosaic jade mask, rare mollusk shells, and writings carved in human femur bones, provide valuable insights into Maya civilization. The discovery includes depictions of a previously unknown king believed to be holding a jade mask similar to the one found in the tomb.

Hieroglyphs on the artifact are thought to connect the ruler to the Maya states of Tikal and Teotihuacan, providing historical and genealogical information.

This discovery is like winning the lottery in terms of information. It opens a window into an obscure time we have little texts about. The newly discovered tomb from the Maya classic period, dating from 250-900 AD, is a significant find given the limited remnants from this era, primarily affected by looting.

The tomb, located just 2 meters away from where looters had previously stopped, is remarkably well-preserved, with minimal damage aside from the natural decay and the collapse of the stone ceiling. This fortunate preservation provides archaeologists with a rare opportunity to explore the rich history and offerings within the tomb.

Estrada-Belli, a research assistant professor in the Tulane University School of Liberal Arts, said, “That was the first amazing thing about it. It was fortunate.”

Lidar technology played a crucial role in the tomb’s discovery by enabling archaeologists to detect looters’ tunnels and map the jungle floor precisely. This advanced technology, akin to ‘taking x-rays of the jungle floor,’ revolutionizes archaeological exploration, allowing researchers to navigate more efficiently through dense vegetation.

The tomb’s contents, including over 16 rare spondylus shells, provide valuable insights into ancient Maya practices, emphasizing their significance in royal contexts as symbols of wealth and elements used in religious and sacrificial ceremonies.

The relics from the tomb, dating back to 350 CE, establish a historical link between Tikal and the central Mexican site of Teotihuacan. This connection sheds light on the cultural exchanges and influences between Maya rulers and the wider Mesoamerican region during the Maya classic period.

The tomb’s contents, including a mosaic jade mask and hieroglyphs carved on human femur bones, offer insights into religious practices and royal lineage, enriching our understanding of ancient Maya civilization. The discovery at Chochkitam, after a century since Fran Blom’s initial exploration, underscores the significance of continued archaeological efforts.

Estrada-Belli said the next stage in his work at the site will be to conduct DNA testing on the bones and maybe uncover additional essential contents buried within the abandoned pyramid.

By Amit Malewar.

#Jade Mosaic Mask Discovered in Maya King's Royal Tomb #Chochkitam #Guatemala #ancient grave #ancient tomb #royal tomb #jade #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #maya history #maya art

[ancientorigins]

The skeletal remains of a giant panda have been unearthed from a royal tomb in China dating back approximately 2,000 years.

#Han Dynasty #royal tomb #Chinese emperor #animal burial #ancient #history #ancient origins

[ancientstuff]

This is fantastic! It's been AGES since a royal tomb has been found on the West Bank at Luxor, outside of KV1, that tomb for Ramesses II's billions of sons.

#ancient Egypt #royal tomb #West Bank #Luxor #archaeology

[vox-anglosphere]

Prince Albert's tomb in the Frogmore mausoleum as depicted in 1893

#Frogmore #Prince Albert #Queen Victoria #Windsor Great Park #mausoleum #chapel #monarchy #royal tomb #British history

[hiddeneosbymrsflowerpot]

How do you open a royal tomb?  With a royal tomb key!  Or not... At Keycatrich Cor tosses Noctis a key and tells him it will open the royal tombs.  You barely see it but Ansel allows you to take a closer look.  The key is finely detailed in silver metal, set with a ruby stone and is topped with a crown motif.  It’s beautiful! So, does Noctis use it to open the royal tomb at Keycatrich?  No.  When he reaches the door he goes through the motions of unlocking it but there is no key in his hand.  They went to all that trouble designing a key for nothing.   All images copyright Square Enix Co Ltd.

#ffxv #ff15 #final fantasy xv #ffxv windows edition #NVIDIA Ansel #royal tomb #tomb key #Cor #cor the immortal #noctis #keycatrich #royal arms

[chippersweetbaby]

#laughing #prompto argentum #smile #ignis scientia #royal tomb #emotions #cuties #adorbie #ffxv #black and white

[sheltiechicago]

An intact tomb is shedding light on a mysterious civilization that ruled Peru Around the seventh century A.D., the Wari emerged from obscurity in Peru, rising to glory long before the Inca. They became master engineers and founded a sprawling capital. But unlike other imperial powers they had no system of writing, and many of their sites had been looted over the centuries. The discovery of a rare royal tomb is filling in many of the blanks.

Photographer: FERNANDO G. BAPTISTA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

#fernando g baptista #national geographic #photographer #tomb #peru #wari #inca #royal tomb #history #culture #travel

[nickysfacts]

A reminder that Tutankhamun is one of the most uninteresting pharaohs to rule Egypt and doesn’t deserve the fame that he gets.

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#history #tutankhamun #ancient egypt #egyptian tomb #ancient history #king tut #new kingdom #tutankhamun death mask #art #ancient egyptian history #royalty #ancient #egyptian art #pharoah #ancient art #historical figures #egyptology #valley of the kings #royal tomb #uninteresting #insignificant #nickys facts

[solitariussanctumartarchitecture]

What a fascinating find! New things are always being discovered!

#egypt #egyptian archaeology #egyptology #Egyptian-British archaeological mission #Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) #New Kingdom Research Foundation #royal tomb #Western Valley #Theban Mountain #Luxor #Thutmosid period #18th Dynasty #ancient tombs #ancient egypt #history #ancient history #egyptian archaeologists #archaeological finds #archæology #archaeology #archaeological excavation

[triaelf9]

For whatever overlap there is with The Locked Tomb and D&D, we played a one-shot battle royale tonight for halloween where I closet cosplayed Gideon, made her an aasimar barbarian (path of the zealot) no armor, big sword, and got out alive with a returned box of her stolen mags in hand on a beach XD

#need to get buffer tho #happy halloween! #the locked tomb #gideon nav #cosplay #halloween costume #d&d #battle royale #nat 20 on that final persuasion yeeeaaahhh boyyyyy #tlt #dnd #for fun

[steph-photographie]

Photo originale par Steph-Photo

La Chapelle royale de Dreux où reposent les membres de la famille d'Orléans.

#original photographers #steph photo #original post #french photographer #france #insolite #noir et blanc #dreux #chapelle #church #famille royale #normandie #black and white photography #black and white #tombes #graveyard #fujifilm #monument #architecture

[blueiskewl]

Why Archeologists Are Scared To Open The Tomb Of China's First Emperor

Booby traps and mercury poisoning are just some of the concerns around opening the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.

In 1974, farmers stumbled across one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time in an unassuming field in the Shaanxi province of China. While digging, they found fragments of a human figure made out of clay. This was just the tip of the iceberg. Archaeological excavations revealed the field was sitting above a number of pits that were jam-packed with thousands of life-size terracotta models of soldiers and war horses, not to mention acrobats,  esteemed officials, and other animals.

It appears that the mission of this Terracotta Army was to guard the nearby mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the formidable first emperor of the Qin dynasty who ruled from 221 to 210 BCE.

While large parts of the necropolis surrounding the mausoleum have been explored, the emperor’s tomb itself has never been opened despite the huge amount of intrigue that surrounds it. Eyes have perhaps not peered inside this tomb for over 2,000 years, when the feared emperor was sealed inside.

A prime reason behind this hesitancy is that archeologists are concerned about how the excavation might damage the tomb, losing vital historical information. Currently, only invasive archaeological techniques could be used to enter the tomb, running a high risk of causing irreparable damage.

One of the clearest examples of this comes from the excavations of the city of Troy in the 1870s by Heinrich Schliemann. In his hastiness and naivety, his work managed to destroy almost all traces of the very city he’d set out to uncover.  Archaeologists are certain they don't want to be impatient and make these same mistakes again.

Scientists have floated the idea of using certain non-invasive techniques to look inside the tomb. One idea is to utilize muons, the subatomic product of cosmic rays colliding with atoms in the Earth's atmosphere, that can peer through structures like an advanced X-ray. However, it looks like most of these proposals have been slow to get off the ground.

Cracking open the tomb could come with much more immediate and deadly dangers too. In an account written by ancient Chinese historian Sima Qian around 100 years after Qin Shi Huang’s death, he explains that the tomb is hooked up to booby traps that were designed to kill any intruder.

“Palaces and scenic towers for a hundred officials were constructed, and the tomb was filled with rare artifacts and wonderful treasure. Craftsmen were ordered to make crossbows and arrows primed to shoot at anyone who enters the tomb. Mercury was used to simulate the hundred rivers, the Yangtze and Yellow River, and the great sea, and set to flow mechanically,” it reads.  

Even if the 2,000-year-old bow weapons fail, this account suggests a flood of toxic liquid mercury could wash across the grave diggers. That might sound like an empty threat, but scientific studies have looked at mercury concentrations around the tomb and found significantly higher levels than they’d expect in a typical piece of land.

“Highly volatile mercury may be escaping through cracks, which developed in the structure over time, and our investigation supports ancient chronicle records on the tomb, which is believed never to have been opened/looted,” authors of one 2020 paper conclude.

For the time being, the tomb of Qin Shi Huang remains sealed and unseen, but not forgotten. When the time is right, however, it’s possible that scientific advancements could finally delve into the secrets that have been lying here undisturbed for some 2,200 years.

By Tom Hale

#Why Archeologists Are Scared To Open The Tomb Of China's First Emperor #Qin Shi Huang #first emperor of the qin dynasty #royal tomb #royal grave #mausoleum #terracotta army #treasure #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient china #chinese history #long reads

[pitiplush]

So I've recently opened a tiktok account. I'm still trying to get a feel about how all of this works (not only the app, but how to take videos too), but just in case you wanted to follow me there and see me fail epically trying to make aesthetic videos now you know where to find me 😂

Video description: first there's a shot of five books lined up by their spines from bigger to smaller with the caption 'what if nobody recognises them?'. The books are Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen), Gideon the Ninth (Tamsyn Muir), Hearstopper (Alice Oseman), Red White & Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston) and The Sunbearer Trials (Aiden Thomas). Then there's a succession of really short shots showing the amigurumis I've crocheted of each book with the caption 'you gotta make your own kind of music', ending with a final shot of all of my bookish amigurumis together.

#amigurumi #crafts #pitiplush #artists on tumblr #bookish #fiber art #yarnblr #amigurumi artist #crochet #yarn crafts #pride and prejudice #the locked tomb #heartstopper #red white and royal blue #the sunbearer trials #bookish amigurumis #first time writing a video description #i'm sorry if it's awful

[mayasaura]

Kiriona Gaia/Her Divine Highness AU where Gideon escapes from the Ninth to join the Cohort, and gets claimed by John only a year or two before canon.

The lyctor trials happen approximately on schedule, but this time it's a combo event! Who Wants To Be A Lyctor, and The Bachelor Nine Houses: a chance to win the hand of Her Divine Highness Kiriona Gaia, only daughter of the Emperor Undying!

There are two main reasons for The Bachelor competition, one Gideon knows about and the other she doesn't:

One: She's a plant to manipulate the lyctor trials. John's a bit more invested this time around, after the whole baby plot reveal left him bereft and short-handed. He wants Gideon to get to know all of the candidates and report back to him.

Two: John thought it would be funny and is trying (and badly failing) to wingman for his socially awkward daughter.

Gideon is John's plant in the lyctor competition, but the marriage contest is a setup for Gideon. Here you go, kid, your very own fantasy romcom scenario, now will you finally make a move on that girl you're physically incapable of shutting up about?

#John thought it was sweet when Ianthe hit on Harrow and clearly Made Assumptions and wanted them to be happy together #so I'm dead sure that any social time spent with Gideon the Ninth era Gideon would convince him she was smitten with the Reverend Daughter #and pulling pigtails about it #he's setting her up a playdate! #if it goes well we can talk about marriage! your life is so short kiddo! #he uses a scavenger hunt as a job interview so why not a game show competition as an omiai #the locked tomb #gideon nav #kiriona gaia #ntn spoilers #griddlehark #emperor john gaius #hdh au #tlt au #her divine highness au #tlt royal ball au

[blackrainbowblade]

The pyramids of Khafre and Khufu (the Great Pyramid) and associated tombs and mortuary temples.

As with most temple complexes in Egypt, these cemeteries would have been like small cities within themselves, filled by the priests who staffed the mortuary temples and made offerings to the dead, as well as the many people who would have attended them, not to mention the overseers of building works, labourers and all of the support they too would have needed to bring provisions to and from the site.

The idea of the pyramids as isolated and deserted tombs in the middle of the desert is a more modern fantasy. These were always a central part of a busy, well-organised, stratified and highly-bureaucratic culture. The astonishing thing is not how they were built, but the sheer complexity and organisation of the ancient culture that already existed in 2600BC.

#Giza #pyramids of giza #pyramid #pyramids #Egypt #ancient egypt #egyptology #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism #tombs #royal tombs #pharaoh #pharaohs #mortuary temple

[moviesycho]

DANIEL CRAIG'S FILMOGRAPHY

as George Dyer in Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) as Alex West in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) as XXXX in Layer Cake (2004) as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006) as James Bond in Quantum of Solace (2008) as James Bond in No Time to Die (2021)

#daniel craig #filmography #love is the devil #love is the devil study for a portrait of francis bacon #lara croft #tomb raider #layer cake #james bond #casino royale #quantum of solace #no time to die #gifs #movie #cinema #film