13th century Maya codex, long shrouded in controversy, proves genuine
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 14:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The Grolier Codex, an ancient document that is among the rarest books in the world, has been regarded with skepticism since it was reportedly unearthed by looters from a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1960s. But a meticulous new study of the codex has yielded a startling conclusion: The codex is both genuine and likely the most ancient of all surviving manuscripts from ancient America.