Originally posted on RT News.
A 1,600 year-old Mayan tablet has been uncovered in the ancient El Achiotal ruins of a temple in Guatemala. It describes a king’s 40-year reign during a period of unrest in Mayan history. The site is said to have been occupied between 400 BC and 550 AD.
“This stela portrays an early king during one of the more poorly understood periods of ancient Maya history,” Marcello Canuto, an anthropologist at Tulane University in Louisiana, says.
The discovery was made by complete accident; the dig had been ongoing for years, but the trench containing the tablet contained a previously unseen secret chamber, a shrine of sorts. The researchers had to crouch to explore it. Various objects normally found within ancient tombs were unearthed, along with…
via Ancient Mayan tablet unearthed in Guatemalan jungle dates back 1,600 years — RT News.
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One of my great regrets, is that I have never been to South America to see these wonders. I should have gone, when I had the income, and youth, on my side.
Best wishes, Pete.
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