Title: Jungle of stone
Description: Documents the true story of the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Mayan civilization by American ambassador John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, illuminating how their findings profoundly changed Western understandings about human history.
Subjects: Archaeological expeditions, Mayas, Antiquities, Biography, Explorers, Central america, antiquities, Mayas, antiquities, Archaeology, nyt:expeditions-disasters-and-adventures=2016-06-12, New York Times bestseller
Places: Central America, Mexico
People: Frederick Catherwood, John L. Stephens (1805-1852)