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Something like that. el zotz had people living here up till the 1300s. we're probably somewhere near the old communal royal, the new spainish road that passed down through central america and supposedly was built on top of a major pre—columbian three way. but no one has actually pinpointed where that ran through. we wonder will lidar eventually reveal that for us. that will be amazing. the first king of el zotz was such an important character that a temple was created for him so he would never be forgotten. when you are here, be careful. they are supporting the roof. if you fall... for this ...

Were able to discover it. and here is the tomb chamber. wow. looters came and dug a hole right behind this doorway. and they missed by the structure by 27 metres, i'll show you. that's the corner image of one of the dead kings. you can imagine what they would have done. they would have said, oh, my gosh, there is definitely something behind this and just blast through it. it is all there and it goes for eight metres that way and another five this way has been damaged on purpose by the ancient maya. nothing else, really, is damaged. ltd his face, the necklace, a

Today, hundreds of houses, fortifications, temples and other structures lie hidden beneath the jungle. i like this part. but some archaeologists are determined to change that. they have devoted their careers to get the jungle to give up its secrets. and new technology has revealed that, despite decades of work, they have only begun to scratch the surface. there's a deep hole and that is where they are digging right now. don't let me down. this maya city has been

But nobody has pinpointed where that ran through. we wonder if lidar will eventually reveal that to us. that would be amazing. the first king of el zotz was such an important character that a temple was created for him so he would never be forgotten. be careful with these things. they are supporting the roof. when you are here, be careful here. if you are going to fall, fall this way. so don't fall on the sculpture. so this was all for one king? yes, for the first king. this king was powerful, but he was an extension of power. they were on the top here and we say yes, that has to be defensive.

We were working, unfortunately looters can come and they are really well organised, and they can take everything from you. one day, we hired a group of guards to protect it. but it didn't work because some of them tried to steal from the tomb. i confront them, one of them took his gunshot, at that time, i think i was a good liar, i said this is a computer, we have internet — that we did not have — and i said we were filming everything. then he stopped. another major challenge for the maya biosphere reserve is illegal logging, often tied to drug trafficking. and when the jungle is cleared, ...