A tomb guarded by the fierce figure of a tiger with bared fangs is a recent discovery of scientists exploring Monte Alban.
The discovery was unexpected. The Mexican archaeologists had chosen a place more than a mile from the cemetery zone of the ancient Indian city, and had begun digging there in hope of finding articles used by the city inhabitants buried in undisturbed layers in the ground.
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