Ancient Maya grave yields dozens of mutilated bodies

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 14:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An excavation at the site of an ancient Maya city in Mexico has yielded a gruesome find: the remains of dismembered, decapitated bodies. The discovery provides new archaeological evidence for the violent scenes depicted in Maya art, the researchers say.

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