After years of search, direct evidence--and many would say proof--of a hypothetical Maya city called Site Q has been found.  Several decades back carved monuments of Mayan origin began appearing in antiquities markets, and though no one was sure where they were from, they bore certain  similarities that tied them all together.  In result scholars began to search for the carvings' source--which they temporarily termed Site Q.

Now a team of scientists has found, in the northern Peten region of Guatemala, a hieroglyph panel composed of two carved blocks of stone that seems to match the other monuments in "style, size, subject matter, and historical chronology."  The historical chronology part is significant because the hieroglyphs appear to fill in a 30-year gap in classic Maya history.

The royal complex in which the panel was discovered is called La Corona, and the team will return there later this year to continue their study, and we hope, discovery.