Inscriptions found at a 1000-year-old sacred ball court provide insights into the Maya civilization's final days
By David F. Salisbury
Published: May 7, 2004
Important new stone monuments covered with historical texts dating from a period just before the collapse of the classic Maya civilization have been unearthed by archaeologists from Vanderbilt University and the Guatemalan Ministry of Culture who are excavating a thousand-year-old sacred ball court with support from the National Geographic Society.
The discoveries were announced on Friday, April 23, by Guatemala 's Minister of Culture, Manuel Salazar Tezahuic, after a visit to the Cancuén Archaeological Project on April 16. The minister, himself a Kaqchikel Maya, and U.S. Ambassador John Hamilton assisted the archaeologists in the excavation of a 500-pound altar stone.
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