Archaeologists find remains of 'Mayan king'
Honduran resear- chers believe they have uncovered the remains of one
of the first kings of Central America's Mayan civilization.
Archaeologists working at Copan a major site for Mayan civilization
culture believe they have found bones belonging to one of 16 Mayan
kings.
"We have found skeleton in a grave in the temple of Oropendola, which
research suggests could be important because it may have belonged to one
of the first rulers from the Mayan dynasty," said the director the
Honduran Anthropology and History Institute, Dario Euraque.
The Maya dynasties flourished better 426 and 820 AD throughout much
of Central America and south eastern Mexico. Euraque said the bones were
in poor condition because "a roof covering had collapsed on top of the
remains of a 30-year-old man, but the teeth have been pretty well
preserved."
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