Discover one of the oldest Maya writings

After decades of questioning among archaeologists, it was not until recently that the Grolier book was verified.

Recently, researchers have successfully verified the authenticity of the Maya scripts written on the ancient Grolier book, dating back to about 800 years - thereby solving the problem of making archaeologists "crazy". "For a long time about this mystery book.

The Grolier book , since it was unearthed by tomb thieves around the middle of the last century, has been questioned by archaeologists and archaeologists about authenticity for a long time. But, recent research has contributed to prove that this book is real, and is one of the first books written in the Americas.

The reason that Grolier was "looked under skeptical eyes" was because the book was unearthed very late - around the end of the 20th century, while other Mayan artifacts were found in the 19th century. This book is found in a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, and through many different antiquarian collectors.

Anthropologist Stephen Houston, from Brown University, said: "This book was found in a cave in Mexico, then reached the Mexican collector Josué Sáenz, then traveled all over the world. gender, before returning to Mexico itself ".

This ancient book is taken from the Grolier Club in New York City.

This ancient book was named from New York City's Grolier Club - a book display in 1970. However, since the excavation, scientists have argued a lot about, Whether this book is a delicately crafted imitation to fake the ancient Mayan pen.

Plus the story of Sáenz's "adding salt" about how he owned this book, further made people doubt the origin of the Grolier book.

According to him, two grave robbers contacted him about the discovery of the cave, then brought him here with an airplane, along with the excavation of the book "just like in Indiana Jones. so ".

Grolier is not the only thing discovered in this cave. Along with the book, there was a small wooden mask, and a knife used in sacrifice. While these artifacts were quickly identified as "real things" , it is unknown why the Grolier book has always become a subject of debate among professionals.

Houston and his colleagues scrutinized the available studies around the Grolier book, along with analyzing the origins of the pages, illustrations, and comparing them with the ones of Ancient Maya painter.

Researchers also used Carbon to evaluate book dates - and discovered that the book appeared before all three Mayan laws : Dresden, Madrid, and Paris - named after the location. keep these books.

At the same time, after thoroughly studying the book on the Grolier book, the researchers concluded that - counterfeiting them at the time of the 1960s was almost impossible, because it was necessary to understand this. very deep about the Maya - the information that was not found until the end of the 20th century.

"After studying in depth, we conclude that there are four ancient Mayan law books left over from the pre-Columbian period, and one of them is the Grolier book " - the researchers conclude in the newspaper. fox.