UC professors help uncover an ancient Mayan water system

While scientists have learned much about the Maya by mapping, measuring and digging at Tikal for at least a century, they have been unsure how the settlement’s residents managed their water. Until now. A new study with roots in Cincinnati illustrates the connection between the ancient world and the Queen City. “These have been the first systematic excavations done in the reservoirs,” said Nick Dunning, a geo-archaeologist at the University of Cincinnati.  Read the full story here.