123 Maya Glyphs Found on Huge Stone Reveal Secrets of a Lost City

[Still Waters]

Deep in the Mexican jungle at the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, archaeologists have uncovered a hidden treasure trove of history.

There, in the ancient, long-abandoned Maya city of Cobá, near the towering Nohoch Mul pyramid, a vast stone slab was found tucked away in what was once the floor of a sacred pool. What makes this slab so special is what it bears: an inscription consisting of 123 glyphs, painstakingly carved into its surface.

Initial inspection suggests that the glyphs describe the founding date of a town called Keh Witz Nal, or "Deer Mountain", on 12 May 569 CE. They also name a previously unknown Maya ruler – K'awiil Ch'ak Chéen, a name invoking K'awiil, the Maya god of lightning.

https://www.sciencealert.com/123-maya-glyphs-found-on-huge-stone-reveal-secrets-of-a-lost-city

[Procyon]

Interesting that they chose to name it Deer Mountain. I didn't know that deer even lived in the Yucatan, or in the jungle at all for that matter. Hopefully a full translation is made available soon. It would be interesting for sure. If the city was really lived in for fifteen hundred years, it's no wonder people back then believed it was founded by the gods, and I know a few people today who'd say that they might've been right!