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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Priceless Maya Stone Vessel Looted in Guatemala


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Carved from volcanic stone, this 1,500-year-old Maya box was looted from a cave in Guatemala sometime after late March 2005, archaeologists said this week. Symbolic figures and characters—including the god of the underworld, a scribe, and another artisan—adorn four sides of the vessel.

Photograph by Stephen L. Alvarez