In the dense jungles of Chiapas, Mexico, archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost city of Sac Balam, or the "Land of the White Jaguar," a stronghold of the Lacandon Ch'ol, a Maya group who resisted Spanish conquest for more than a century. Spanish forces seized the city in 1695, but by 1721, it had been abandoned. Archaeologists Brent Woodfill and Yuko Shiratori collaborated…
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Archaeologists in Mexico Discover Long-Lost City Inhabited by Maya Rebels Who Resisted the Spanish Conquest
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