Photo: Nadace Neuron
Czech and Slovak archaeologists have announced a major discovery. An expedition to the Guatemalan jungle, which took place last summer, discovered the remains of a Mayan city, which is almost three thousand years old. I discussed the discovery, which could shed more light on the rise and fall of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with one of the members of the team, archaeologist Sara Polak:
“I think the most important thing is to put the discovery into context. A Czechoslovakian expedition has been going to the area of Petén, which is a northern Guatemalan jungle, for approximately 15 years, so there was already a kind of a rich understanding of the area.
“Obviously, as you get talking with the locals, who are also working on the local digging site, you get a hunch that there might be something else in the jungle, which in many ways was the centre of the Maya civilization in the pre-classical period.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková