Original text - English - in connection with the discovery of the inviolate...

in connection with the discovery of the inviolate crypt at palenque,some mention should be made of the funerary customs of the maya,and particularly of the lords of palenque.one of the most widespread pratices of the pre-columbian world,also found here,was to place a jade bead in the mouth of a death person.this custom has survived for two thousand years and is still common among the native peoples of the new world.jade had a magico-religious significance and was associated with the idea of....