Pyramid tomb uncovered in Mexico

Chiapas Church, Mexico

Archaeologists say they have discovered an ancient tomb inside a pyramid in Chiapas in southern Mexico.

They say it could be 2,700 years old, making it the oldest burial site in a pyramid in Mesoamerica.

Inside the tomb, they found the skeletons of four people, one of them of a man surrounded by jade and amber.

The researchers believe he could have been a high priest or ruler of Chiapa de Corzo, a prominent settlement at the time.

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