After decades, researchers believe they've finally found the lost Mayan city of of Sak Tz’i:
The fabled Maya dynasty's land spanned 100 acres of jungle and dates back at least 2,500 years.Dr. Alejandra Roche Recinos, architectural conservator Fernando Godos, and archaeologist Moises Herrera enter the archaeological site of Lacanja Tzeltal accompanied by landowner Jacinto Gomez Sanchez. All images are property of the Proyecto Arqueológico Busiljá-Chocoljá.
Since 1994, researchers have tried to understand why Sak Tz’i’ and other city-states were abandoned during the ninth century. Golden likened the discovery to figuring out where Burgundy would go on a map of medieval Europe. “It’s that critical a piece of the puzzle,” he told thecharacterized the society as “sometime ally, sometime vassal, sometime foe of several of the largest and most powerful regional players,” due to its strategic location.
When Golden and Scherer received word, they saw it as “a full-size monument bearing glyphs of the Sak Tz’i’ dynasty.”
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