Vanderbilt archaeological team unearths buried Maya royal palace
By David F. Salisbury
Sept. 8, 2000
A team of archaeologists from the United States and Guatemala has determined that a structure previously identified as a minor palace is not only one of the largest and most elaborate residences of ancient Maya kings discovered but also one of the best preserved.
With more than 170 rooms built around 11 courtyards in three stories, this eighth century royal palace is about the same size as the central acropolis in Tikal (Guatemala), says Arthur Demarest, the archaeologist from Vanderbilt University who heads the expedition with Tomas Barrientos from the Universidad del Valle in Guatemala. But what is most incredible about this site is that most of the palace is buried virtually intact. No one has found anything like this since the turn of the century.
The vegetation-covered royal palace sits in the center of the ruins of an ancient city named Cancuen, which means "place of serpents". It is located in a remote area of the Peten rainforest (sic) of Guatemala that has been largely overlooked by archaeologists...
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