Belize: Mayan temple bulldozed for road building

2013-05-15 54

There's fury in Belize after a construction company nearly destroyed a Mayan temple to extract crushed rock for a road building project.

The Nohmul complex, one of the largest Mayan structures in the country, dates back at 2,300 years.

The government said it had launched a "vigorous" investigation into what happened.

Jamie Awe, Head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology said:

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