Construction workers building a new national baseball stadium in Nicaragua unearthed a more than 1,200-year old cemetery with human remains and a great deal of pottery, officials said Tuesday.
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| An employee of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (INC) worksnext to some 30 1,200-year-old pieces which were found in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| View of a vessel found alongside some 30 other 1,200-year-old pieces in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| Employees of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (INC) work next to some 30 1,200-year-old pieces which were found in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| View of a vessel found alongside some 30 other 1,200-year-old pieces in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| View of a vessel found alongside some 30 other 1,200-year-old pieces in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
Part of the artifacts found were "a cemetery arrangement from about 800 to 350 years B.C", said Ivonne Miranda, the director of archaeology at the Nicaraguan Culture Ministry.
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| Employees of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (INC) work on the extraction of some 30 1,200-year-old pieces which were found in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| An employee of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (INC) worksnext to some 30 1,200-year-old pieces which were found in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| View of some of around 30 1,200-year-old pieces which were found in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| An employee of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (INC) works on the extraction of some 30 1,200-year-old pieces which were found in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
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| Employees of the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture (INC) work on the extraction of some 30 1,200-year-old pieces which were found in the surroundings of the construction site of the new National Baseball Stadium in Managua [Credit: INTI OCON/AFP] |
The items recovered will go on display at the National Culture Museum, she said.
Source: AFP [June 21, 2017]