Word: explor
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...years expeditions headed by Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, distinguished anthropologist of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and Dr. Herbert J. Spinden, of Harvard, have been exploring the little-known ruins. Now a well-organized group of scientists and engineers, including Dr. Morley, John F. Barry, William Barclay Parsons, Dr. Marshall H. Saville of Columbia and Dr. John C. Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institution, is surveying the field preliminary to a more exhaustive explor ation. Restoration and preservation of the astonishing Mayan architecture is the prime task in view...
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