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Interlocked Spiral of Ancient Skeletons Unearthed in Mexico City
livescience.com ^ | February 2, 2018 | Megan Gannon

Posted on 02/02/2018 12:38:43 PM PST by rdl6989

Modern-day Mexico City is built on top of centuries of previous settlements, so it's not unusual for ancient tombs to occasionally be uncovered beneath the city's streets. It is, however, strange to find 10 ancient skeletons arranged in a spiral with their bodies interlocked, as archaeologists recently did.

The 2,400-year-old burial was discovered during salvage excavations of an ancient village beneath the campus of the Pontifical University of Mexico, in southern Mexico City, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; deathculture; godsgravesglyphs; mexico; mexicocity; precolumbian; skeletons; spiralburial; tenochtitlan
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1 posted on 02/02/2018 12:38:43 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


2 posted on 02/02/2018 12:40:01 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

Ancient gay bar?


3 posted on 02/02/2018 12:41:03 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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last people to see the russian collusion evidence


4 posted on 02/02/2018 12:41:10 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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5 posted on 02/02/2018 12:43:41 PM PST by DannyTN
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LOL!


6 posted on 02/02/2018 12:44:25 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: DannyTN

Looks like something out of Betty Boop.


7 posted on 02/02/2018 12:47:17 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (CNN is fake news.)
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To: rdl6989

They were playing Twister after having the salmon mousse.


8 posted on 02/02/2018 12:50:56 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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But I didn’t have the salmon...


9 posted on 02/02/2018 12:53:31 PM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: rdl6989

They should have bought a squirrel.


10 posted on 02/02/2018 12:57:09 PM PST by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: rdl6989

Looks like someone pulled the plug on their hot tub and they swirled to the drain. Dang suction!


11 posted on 02/02/2018 12:57:26 PM PST by jettester (I got paid to break 'em - not fly 'em)
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To: rdl6989

Homos died at same time?


12 posted on 02/02/2018 12:58:08 PM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: rdl6989; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks rdl6989. Reminds me of the Rat King phenomenon.

13 posted on 02/02/2018 12:59:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Thanks, definitely odd.


14 posted on 02/02/2018 1:02:17 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: BenLurkin

Why do we have to dig to get back in time?

Does that mean the Earth is growing?

So we’re getting closer to the Sun?

Does that explain Global Warming?

;-)


15 posted on 02/02/2018 1:04:38 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001

^ ...a little Friday fun ^


16 posted on 02/02/2018 1:06:24 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
It's a Disney short from 1929:

Silly Symphony, The Skeleton Dance

17 posted on 02/02/2018 1:09:56 PM PST by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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“The 10 individuals include males and females, mostly young people, as well as an infant and a toddler.”


18 posted on 02/02/2018 1:10:56 PM PST by map
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To: SunkenCiv

WHOA! That must be the Lamanites! LOL!

Thanks for the ping!

:o])


19 posted on 02/02/2018 1:15:46 PM PST by Monkey Face (Rumors are created by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots. ~ FB ~)
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To: rdl6989

Making decorative art of their slaughtered victims? Velvet toreadors weren’t classy enough?


20 posted on 02/02/2018 1:46:28 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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