Resurrecting the Maize King

by David Freidel, Michelle Rich, and F. Kent Reilly III

For two weeks we had been tunnelling beneath the surface of the acropolis hill at the ancient Maya city of Waká in Guatemala's Petén rainforest. It was the spring of 2006, and we knew that under the surface of the acropolis was a virtual layer cake of earlier structures. The acropolis had been one of the city's enduring spiritual centers before it was abandoned around A.D. 820.

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Published on October 12, 2010 21:32
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