MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) - Mesa Verde National Park is taking a new look at a ruin called Mummy Lake in hopes of determining what it really was. The area is called Far View Reservoir ...

[See Images of Mummy Lake in Mesa Verde ] "The fundamental problem with Mummy Lake is that it's on a ridge," said study lead author Larry Benson, an emeritus research scientist for the U.S ...

MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK ... a prehistoric amphitheater or perhaps an impoundment of water — nicknamed Mummy Lake — with no known source of water. Now, scientists know the depression was ...

In addition, the people of Mesa Verde also constructed unroofed circular structures for outdoor ceremonies. Recent research reveals that a circular structure sometimes called "Mummy Lake" (which ...

Atop Mesa Verde, in addition to cliff dwellings ... (They also named this "Mummy Lake"—now it's officially called the Far View Reservoir.) But scientists examining the site today found ...

Was it a reservoir, a ceremonial plaza or a ball court? At Mesa Verde National Park, the Far View Reservoir ruin – also known as Mummy Lake – has long been a controversial mystery for ...

A few largely intact mummies had been exhibited for years in ... had placed the number of individual human remains held at Mesa Verde at about 800 before the revised figure of 1,500 was used.

Located in Southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park is one of the most ... You can catch glimpses of Mummy House, Sun ...