201207298456 | Ancient Mayan night sun temple found in Guatemala

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Ancient Mayan night sun temple found in Guatemala

July, 29 2012

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Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,600 year old Mayan temple dedicated to the 'night sun' atop a pyramid tomb in the northern Guatemalan forest near the border with Mexico.

Undated handout picture released by El Zotz Archaeological Project showing archaeologist Edwin Roman posing in front of a bas-relief depicting the Night Sun found under a pyramid at the Zotz archaeological site, in the Peten jungle, 550 km north of Guatemala City. -- PHOTO: AFP

'The sun was a key element of Maya rulership,' lead archaeologist Stephen Houston explained in announcing the discovery by the joint Guatemalan and American team that has been excavating the El Zotz site since 2006.

'It's something that rises every day and penetrates into all nooks and crannies, just as royal power presumably would,' said Dr Houston, a professor at Brown University, Rhode Island.

'This building is one that celebrates this close linkage between the king and this most powerful and dominant of celestial presences.'

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