Decorative object with lattice-like patterns found in Honduras

Decorative object with lattice-like patterns found in Honduras

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Photo shows one of two decorative objects made of pale green jade found by a Japanese researcher and other archaeologists in Honduras. The cigar-shaped objects were discovered in a tomb believed to be that of a king who ruled sometime from the fifth to ninth centuries in Copan at the Copan Ruins in western Honduras in mid-September. One of the objects, measuring 20 centimeters in length, has lattice-like patterns engraved on its surface -- a symbol of a man of political power. (Photo is courtesy of the Honduras National Institute for Archaeology and History)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000006501
  • Registered date
  • 2000/11/04 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1907 × 760 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 72 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 101.39(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    Tomb from 2,000 years ago excavated in south China

    STORY: Tomb from 2,000 years ago excavated in south China DATELINE: June 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of archaeologists working at the ancient tomb site STORYLINE: A tomb from more than 2,000 years ago was excavated in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said local archaeologists. The tomb was found on a peninsula in a reservoir area in the Pantao Village of Pingguo City and it dates back to the Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC). Bronze battle-axes, bronze drums and jade ware were also unearthed in this area. Huang Xin, an archaeologist from Guangxi, said that such a high level of burial quality, as evidenced by the funeral objects, was rare in the area. "Such bronze drums were rare in Guangxi, and the latest discovery is helpful for us to learn about the history of this place," said Wang Xing, who works with the Guangxi institute of cultural relics protection and archaeology. He added that the findings indicated t