Word: mixtec
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...anything of like value had ever been discovered in the Americas, the digger was no honorable scientist. The gold alone in this Mixtec tomb was estimated at more than $1,000,000. Museums and private collections would pay almost any amount for the trinkets. This was treasure too precious for Professor Caso to keep in his home down in Oaxaco. Last week he secretly carried them to the vaults of the local branch of the Bank of Mexico. Then he dared make his report...
...which have not collapsed have been explored. Others may yield fortune to human moles eagerly groveling for Toltec, Mixtec, Zapotec gold...