BYU ARCHEOLOGIST DISCOVERS GUATAMALAN
CULTURAL TREASURE



**BYU archeologist discovers Guatemalan cultural treasure
Anthropology professor Stephen Houston has discovered an elaborate and precise engraving that details the life and times of a Maya king, including his 18-letter name and exact dates of his coronation, major battles, and death, which all preceded Columbus by about 800 years.

Houston, who codirected the National Geographic Society-funded project with Hector Escobedo of Guatemala's Universidad del Valle, found the sculpture in April during the fourth year of excavations in the remote ancient Maya city Piedras Negras in northwest Guatemala.

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