Photographs of the recovered stucco glyphs from Temple XIX were sent to the Project's hieroglyphic specialist, David Stuart of Harvard University. Dr. Stuart immediately sent back a reading for most of the glyphs.

David Stuart at the 1999 Palenque Round Table. Dr. Stuart, a MacArthur genius award winner, made his first Palenque Round Table presentation at the age of twelve. (Photo: Merle Greene Robertson.)