Contractor destroys a 2,300-year-old Mayan Temple in Belize and uses limestone as gravel for a village road

Bloomberg reports that according to the National Institute of Culture and Heritage in Belize, a contractor has destroyed a 2,300-year-old Mayan Temple and used the limestone bricks for gravel to build a village road.

The site is known as Noh Mul, or Big Hill, and is on private property that consists of 81 ancient buildings, which are protected by the National Institute of Culture and History Act. According to reports, the archaeologists were chased from the scene by a man with a machete before returning later with police to halt the destruction. Photos on the television station's website showed a yellow excavator digging into the temple ruins.

Source: Bloomberg Website