A view of a Maya temple at the el Mirador archaeological site in the Peten jungle August 24, 2009. Archaeologists are using blood samples and DNA tests to prove that the final inhabitants of an ancient Maya city were finished off by their enemies in a bloody battle at the top of one of their highest pyramids. Picture taken August 24.
Archaeologist Richard Hanson gestures toward the top of a Maya structure in the el Mirador archaeological site in the Peten jungle August 24, 2009. Archaeologists are using blood samples and DNA tests to prove that the final inhabitants of an ancient Maya city were finished off by their enemies in a bloody battle at the top of one of their highest pyramids. Picture taken August 24, 2009.
Archaeologist Richard Hanson holds an arrowhead found in the temple known as Tigre inside the el Mirador archaeological site in the Peten jungle August 25, 2009. Archaeologists are using blood samples and DNA tests to prove that the final inhabitants of an ancient Maya city were finished off by their enemies in a bloody battle at the top of one of their highest pyramids.
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