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Tue July 5, 2011
Education

Transy Professor Receives Grant for Research

Credit Lexington Herald-Leader
Christopher Begley, left, is an associate professor of anthropology at Transylvania University. He and Eli Crane, an engineer, examined petroglyphs in Honduras, including those on the rock above.

A Lexington archaeologist has received a grant from the National Geographic Society to advance his search for a "lost city" in Honduras. Christopher Begley, an associate professor of anthropology at Transylvania University and director of the Exploration Foundation, will use the research grant and 3-D technology to examine ancient artifacts in the Honduran rainforest, near the Mosquito Coast. The area is the rumored location of a lost city from ancient times.