The Man Who DISCOVERED the Maya... Then DOOMED Them

John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood revealed the magnificent Maya civilization to the world. 🗺️ But their bestselling book, with its precise maps and descriptions, became an unwitting guide for looters who desecrated these ancient sites.

Explore the profound paradox of discovery and destruction, and how the father of Mayan archaeology inadvertently exposed its secrets to a rapacious hunger.

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