Newly Discovered Stone Tablet Reveals Mysterious Mayan King's Legacy
Henri Neuendorf, Tuesday, July 28, 2015
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The stone tablets were found in a specially constructed and meticulosity maintained shrine.
Photo: Courtesy of Luke Auld-Thomas via National Geographic. [/center]
A team of American archaeologists have discovered a remarkable stone tablet in the Guatemalan jungle that documents the reign of a little-known ruler dating to the early part of the Mayan civilization.
The 1,600 year old relic was unearthed near the 5th century AD Mayan town of El Achiotal, 12 miles east of the royal Mayan place of La Corona.
The researchers found the stela, which is thought to date to between 22 AD and 418 AD, in a shrine believed to be specially constructed to house the stone. The experts think that, once fully deciphered, the writings could shed new light on the opaque early Mayan history.
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The tablet depicts an ancient Mayan King.
Photo: Courtesy of Luke Auld-Thomas via National Geographic. [/center]
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“What's really amazing is that the Maya built a shrine to preserve the stela—and remarkably, continued to leave offerings there for generations afterward," archaeology student Luke Ault-Thomas, who made the sensational discovery, added.
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