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Ancient Mayan ‘night sun’ temple found in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY — Archeologists have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Mayan temple dedicated to the “night sun” atop a pyramid tomb in the northern Guatemalan forest near the border with Mexico. “The sun was a key element of Maya rulership,” lead archeologist Stephen Houston explained in announcing the discovery by the joint…