Show uncover uncover mayan ayan cities i ies fifteen centuries old carnegie institution scientists P probing the dense jungles of guate mala main and honduras have made new discoveries in connection with the ancient maan ma an civilization which nourished flourished in central ameilia when a few people still lived lined who could remember the crucifixion of christ under many feet of deposited silt and tangled vegetation they have found cities once populous and richly built with palaces and temples but deserted now for 15 centuries one ruined city in particular in northern guatemala has attracted attention it Is surrounded by a moat very sim liar ilar to those used extensively cen turlee later in europe originally the ditch was about ten feet deep and ten feet wide it was spanned in different places by seven masonry bridges and was connected with a nearby swamp so that during the rainy season it was nas filled with water this Is the first boated city ever found in america and it Is not tain lain whether it was n as used as a means of protection against raiding tribes or whether it had a religious mean ing in honduras an expedition has uncovered two stone altars and many monuments all were ornately carved caned with nith the picture writing of the an dent clent may mayas as n ellch itch leaves lean es us a rec ord of their empire pathfinder mag az ne |