Augustus Le Plongeon

Augustus Le Plongeon (1825-1908) was an archaeologist who was the first to excavate the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in Yucatán, Central America. He wrote a lengthy history of Mayan culture, going so far as to propose a theory that Mayans had founded Ancient Egypt, a theory which has since been discredited by the scientific community.

External links

• Le Plongeon Papers at the Getty Research Institute
• Dr. Le Plongeon's 3D Photography
• Biography from Minnesota State University
• ArcheoPlanet: Le Augustus Le Plongeon, Alice Dixon, and the history of archaeology