Posted on 03/08/2019 6:30:34 AM PST by ETL
Shimmying through a maze of dark tunnels below the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, archaeologists have rediscovered a long-sealed cave brimming with lost treasure.
According to an statement from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), the cave is stockpiled with more than 150 artifacts, including incense burners, vases, and decorative plates adorned with the faces of ancient gods and other religious icons.
The trove is believed to be just one of seven sacred chambers in a network of tunnels known as Balamku — "Jaguar God" — that sits below Chichén Itzá, a city that accommodated millions of people at its peak during the 13th century.
The artifacts have likely been untouched by human hands for more than 1,000 years..."
Though the treasures were probably deliberately sealed off, the ritual cave, rediscovered in 2018 by archaeologists hunting for a sacred well below the city, has had at least one human visitor in the past millennium, National Geographic reported.
The cave was initially discovered in 1966 by archaeologist Víctor Segovia Pinto, who wrote a report about the find, but never excavated before directing local farmers to seal the cavern's entrance for reasons that are still unknown.
Segovia's records of the discovery went missing, leaving behind a mystery that would take five decades to solve. [30 of the World's Most Valuable Treasures That Are Still Missing]
Last year, archaeologists crawled for hours at a time through a claustrophobic network of pitch-black tunnels below the city to reach the sealed cave's entrance, lead investigator Guillermo de Anda, an archaeologist at the INAH, told National Geographic.
Studying the trove of untouched artifacts within the cave will help researchers better understand the culture of Mayan cave rituals ..."
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The Cave of Caerbannog is the home of the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh (named for the last utterance of anyone who ever saw it).
It is guarded by a monster which is initially unknown.
King Arthur and his knights are led to the cave by Tim the Enchanter and find that they must face this guardian beast.
Tim verbally paints a picture of a terrible monster with "nasty, big, pointy teeth!", so terrifying that Sir Robin soils his armour at the mere description.
When the guardian appears to be an innocuous white rabbit, surrounded by the bones of the fallen, Arthur and his knights no longer take it seriously.
Ignoring Tim's warnings ("a vicious streak a mile wide!"), King Arthur orders Bors to chop the rabbit's head off.
Bors confidently approaches it, sword drawn, and is immediately decapitated by the rabbit biting clean through his neck, to the sound of a can opener.
Despite their initial shock, Sir Robin soiling his armor again, and Tim's loud scoffing, the knights attack in force.
But the rabbit injures several of the knights and kills Gawain and Ector with ease.
The knights themselves have no hope of killing or injuring the rabbit.
Arthur panics and shouts for the knights to "Run away!".
Knowing they cannot risk attacking again, they try to find another way to defeat the beast.
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is ultimately used to kill the rabbit and allow the quest to proceed.
Mr. Jones. White courtesy phone.
Mr. Indiana Jones. Please pick up the nearest white courtesy phone.
Lost cave of ‘Jaguar God’ ping!
A classic! Truly one of the all time best designs.
Talk about a treasure. Well less some electrical issues in certain jags. Oh, and drive trains. :-)
Yeah, I liked the coupes better.
I’ve never owned a Jag, but I’m pondering leasing an F-Pace SUV as a retirement splurge.
One of my friends dad had one in his garage. Racing green. It was in poor shape and needed restoring. Just down the road, someone else had one in mint condition, same color. It was beautiful and I wanted to get my friends car and restore it. His dad would never let it go. Watched it deteriorate even more over the years. Such a waste.
That white convertible, according to the source website, was selling for $184,000! Don’t know how recent the ad was.
Talk about a treasure. Well less some electrical issues in certain jags. Oh, and drive trains. :-)
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A beautiful car to look at, which is good considering the reliability was a bit iffy.
This was in the 80’s. Last time I saw the car, restoring it would have meant creating it new from the ground up. His dad had a whole bunch of other cars that he was going to “get around to” working on in the driveway. He had to build a privacy fence around his drive way because of complaints to the city.
I see a new Clive Cussler book in this find.........
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