Alberto Ruz Lhuillier

Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
Born27 January 1906
Paris, France
Died25 August 1979(1979-08-25) (aged 73)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupationarchaeologist

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".[1]

  1. ^ Bertrán, Antonio (June 2002). "Alberto Ruz Lhullier: The 'Hitchock of Archaeology'". Reforma (in Spanish).