Archaeologists discovered a 2,800-year-old burial in El Salvador clutching a sea turtle vessel. This Mesoamerican burial may belong to a pre-Maya civilization which practiced human sacrifice. The skeleton was found under volcanic ash from an eruption dating to 850-830 BC. Cassava remnants found in the pit symbolize continuation and spiritual resonance. Further chemical analysis will reveal more about the individual’s life and diet.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Archaeologists discovered a 2,800-year-old burial in El Salvador clutching a sea turtle vessel. This Mesoamerican burial may belong to a pre-Maya civilization which practiced human sacrifice. The skeleton was found under volcanic ash from an eruption dating to 850-830 BC. Cassava remnants found in the pit symbolize continuation and spiritual resonance. Further chemical analysis will… Read More »El Salvador burial under 2,800-year ash held turtle-shaped vessel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":124645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}