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Gold-Buried Leader: 1,000-Year-Old Tomb in Panama Sheds Light on Pre-Hispanic History
A remarkable archaeological discovery in Panama is offering new insight into the political authority, ritual life, and social organization of pre-Hispanic societies in Central America. The Ministry of Culture of Panama (MiCultura) has confirmed the excavation of “Tomb 3,” a more than 1,000-year-old high-status burial at the El Caño Archaeological Site in Coclé province. A…