Alberto Ruz opens Pakal's tomb
1952 · Event
After four seasons clearing a rubble-filled stairway inside the Temple of the Inscriptions, the archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuillier finds Pakal's sealed crypt and carved sarcophagus lid.
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