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A group of Archaeology students just arrived in Belize, and they're coming to Cahal Pech. Davidson Day School has been bringing groups down to excavate since 2006, and they've discovered ancient jade beads, a staircase leading to a plaza, a circular building dating to about 500 B.C., and last summer they discovered the Late Classic Period royal tomb with three kings in it. What are they going to uncover this time?
"Leading the group of 22 students is archaeologist Mat Saunders, 34, who has dug at the Cahal Pech Maya ruins site in western Belize since 2006. Saunders teaches anthropology, world religions, history and mythology at Davidson Day, a private college preparatory school. His American Foreign Academic Research nonprofit is based at the school and raised at least $80,000 during the past year for student scholarships and preservation of the archaeological sites they discover...
His trips to Belize have become so popular that Saunders added a second two-week session this summer, with some students planning to stay the entire four weeks, from June 22 to July 23."
