Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier (27 January 1906 – 25 August 1979) was a Mexican archaeologist. He specialized in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeology and is well known for leading the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) excavations at the Maya site of Palenque, where he found the tomb of the Maya ruler, Pakal. Ruz Lhuillier is sometimes referred to as the "Hitchcock of Archaeology".
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier | |
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| Born | 27 January 1906 Paris, France |
| Died | 25 August 1979 (aged 73) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | archaeologist |
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