U.S. and Puerto Rico Dispute Ancient Artifacts Ownership

In San Juan, there is a lady that was carved in rock over 800-years ago and it depicts a detailed scene. She's squatting down on frog-like legs and her decapitated head is dangling off on the right side. It's graphic and has sparked an ownership debate.

The carving had been serenely sitting on a rock bank for around 800-years and then in 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came upon her last year while building a $375 million dam to control flooding in the region. And then a fight for the artifact began.

The petroglyph is considered one of the most significant found in the Caribbean. The artifacts were sent to Georgia for analysis. Once the artifacts were in the United States, the U.S. began claiming ownership for the find because the artifacts
because they were discovered during a United States funded construction site.

As the debate raged, Puerto Rico ended it. The artifacts were buried again last week with the hope that someday specialists will study her and Puerto Rican children will visit and learn about the lives of the Taino Indians, who have been extinct for over 500 years, that created the petroglyphs.

Source : http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5873538.html