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Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 03 December 2006  Page Views: 7825

Multi-periodSite Name: Unknown Stela
Country: Honduras
NOTE: This site is 59.724 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Sculptured Stone

Latitude: 14.117000N  Longitude: 86.867W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Sculptured Stone found in Honduras near Moroceli, Paraiso State.
A sculptured stone from a previously unknown pre-Columbian culture. The stone has been removed from its original site and can be found in a park in Moroceli. "Three feet (1 meter) high and more than 4-1/2 feet (1-1/2 meters) wide, the stela is being displayed in the park of the nearby town of Moroceli, about 30 miles east of the capital of Tegucigalpa."

The location given is for the town of Moroceli and is only approximate for the stela.

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Re: Mayan Ruins from Mysterious Site in Honduras by Andy B on Monday, 04 December 2006
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It was a Reuters report, here it is.

"The stela is a sculpture of various human and animal forms and is truly amazing in how well conserved it is," Neils said.

Three feet (1 meter) high and more than 4-1/2 feet (1-1/2 meters) wide, the stela is being displayed in the park of the nearby town of Moroceli, about 30 miles east of the capital of Tegucigalpa.

Neils said the site has been damaged by tractors involved in sugar cane growing, prompting Honduras' Culture Ministry to move to protect it.

This site is completely distinct, Neils said.

"Its culture is an enigma," added the Mexican archeologist.
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    Re: Mayan Ruins from Mysterious Site in Honduras by bat400 on Monday, 04 December 2006
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    Thanks for the link. I was unable to find a reference when i looked for it on Saturday night.
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Mayan Ruins from Mysterious Site in Honduras by bat400 on Sunday, 03 December 2006
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From an article submitted by coldrum. The original (and only) citation known in the web press was to a Yahoo story which has now disappeared. The following quoted from that story:

Experts are examining the ruins of a pre-Columbian culture in an area of Honduras where there had been no previous evidence of major indigenous civilization.

The site, discovered earlier this year, consists of 14 mounds that form part of what are believed to be ceremonial grounds, the Honduran Institute of Anthropology said.

"They are part of a very important site, a governing center of a pre-Columbian civilization," Oscar Neils, the institute's head of research, told Reuters. "We had no idea that there was a pre-Columbian culture in this area."
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