Workers Find Graves Possibly 1,000 Years Old

Construction workers building a wall on the edge of Nicaragua’s capital have unearthed by accident graves believed to date back 1,000 years, experts said.

The pre-Columbian cemetery on the shores of Lake Xolotlan in Managua contained the graves of about 20 men, women and children who were buried with pottery and other artifacts, archeologist Jorge Espinosa said.

The remains are being sent to the United States for study, he said. “There’s a good possibility that there are many other graves in the area,” Espinosa said.