WUSTL archaeologist part of team to discover tomb containing
rare combination of Maya archaeological, historical records
Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the tomb of Lady
K’abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of the great
queens of Classic Maya civilization.
The tomb was discovered during excavations of the royal Maya
city of El Perú-Waka’ in northwestern Petén, Guatemala, by a team of
archaeologists led by Washington University in St. Louis’ David Freidel,
co-director of the expedition.