Lost jade mines

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, October 19, 1999

Mary Lou Ridinger, anthropologist/archaeologist, discovered lost Mayan jade mines of Guatemala. She will be featured on Discovery Magazine Nov. 5 on The Discovery Channel. She is posing behind a replica of an ancient Maya king mask. Below, sacrificial knives made of jade feature designs important to the cultures of Mesoamericans.

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