'Wind jewel': Archaeologists find incredible Mayan jade pendant - News Summed Up

'Wind jewel': Archaeologists find incredible Mayan jade pendant


Archaeologists have discovered a remarkable jade pendant fit for a king. There, archaeologists have excavated a Mayan palace and tomb. According to Braswell, in the year 672, the jade pendant was used for the first time in a ritual focused on summoning wind and rain, which was essential for Mayan crops. Measuring over seven inches across, about four inches high, and just over a quarter inch thick, the jade pendant is the second-biggest of its kind to be found in Belize. That T, according to the statement on the find, is a glyph known as “ik,” meaning “wind and breath.”So what do the hieroglyphs say?


Source: Fox News February 27, 2017 20:39 UTC



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