Word: stromsvik
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...sacrificial altars. Last year earthquakes rocked the region, sent some of the ruins tumbling into the Copan River. At the invitation of the Honduras Government, a commission from the Carnegie Institution of Washington arrived last month to undertake restoration and protection. Behind a collapsed wall Head Commissioner Gustav Stromsvik was startled to find stone staircases leading down to subterranean galleries never before suspected. There were cruciform rooms with floors painted scarlet, amphitheatres containing monoliths and tinted statues with bead collars, canals and sewage systems connecting underground buildings. At the feet of a towering statue of a warrior, Mr. Stromsvik found...
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