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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2002

Archaeologists are being forced to reconsider their prior views of Mayan history with the discovery of one of the largest sets of hieroglyphs ever found.

A team from Vanderbilt University examined the glyphs in northern Guatemala. They tell a 60-year war between two Mayan rulers that scholars believe sparked great developments but also led to the decline of the Mayan empire.

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Maya Text Points to War Between Two Superpowers (National Geographic News 9/18)
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