Uncovered Mayan sculpture may show female ruler with captive

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A high-relief wall sculpture showing a female ruler subduing a captive male warrior was just uncovered, authorities in Mexico said Monday. The statuary found at the Mayan ruin site of Ek'Balam, on the Yucatan peninsula, shows a figure wearing a skirt with crossed bones on it.

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