Title: El fabuloso saqueo del cenote sagrado de Chichén Itzá
Description: The fabulous plundering of the sacred cenote of Chichén Itzá is about the predatory explorations of the American consul Edward H. Thompson in Yucatan, who since the late nineteenth century and entered the twenties, under the patronage of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and other North American museums. The success of this adventure is evident in the illegal exit of around 30,000 archaeological pieces of various materials, without being detected during three decades, thanks to the complacency of President Porfirio Diaz, Governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto and other smaller officials. The government of President Plutarco Elías Calles filed civil and criminal charges against the American, but years later the Supreme Court decided to definitively protect Thompson's succession, sparing an attack on Mexico's cultural heritage. This book tells of the activities of the adventurer Thompson, the sponsorship of the Peabody Museum and the failed efforts of the Mexican archaeological authorities to get the pieces back to the country. The book includes a code to download an e-book.
Subjects: Cultural property, Protection, Mayas, Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology), History
Places: Mexico, Yucatán (State), Chichén Itzá Site (Mexico), Yucatán (Mexico : State)
People: Edward Herbert Thompson (1860-1935)