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| May 16, 2006

 

 

 

 

On Ancient Walls, a New Maya Epoch

 

 

 

 

 

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

 

 

Intriguing finds in Guatemala, including art masterpieces and the earliest known Maya writing, are overturning old ideas of the Preclassic period.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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