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Chwa Nim Abaj, also known as Mixco Viejo seems to have been built at the beginning of the XII century on the top of a hill surrounded by ravines.It is estimated that came to have a population of 10,000 inhabitants at the beginning of the SIXTEENTH century. It was conquered and destroyed by the troops […]

The lintel 26 from Yaxchilan is one of the pieces of mayan art, most famous and eye-catching To the left is portrayed Kokaaj B ahlam III (also known as Itzamnaaj Bahlam IV) invested with a shell of shells receiving a headdress in the shape of head of jaguar for part of their partner K ab

Désiré Charnay was an explorer, archaeologist and French photographer, famous for his photographs of the ruins of pre-columbian civilizations of Mexico. He is considered one of the greatest pioneers of the photography site. She visited Mexico on three occasions: 1857, 1880 and 1886, photographing a huge variety of archaeological sites. He is credited with the

This is a virtual reconstruction of the tapir, central pyramid of the archaeological site of El Mirador , and which until now is considered the pyramid-highest in the world. The magnificence of this temple and other recent discoveries in the Mirador Basin demonstrate a culture of highly sophisticated exists since much before than believed. When

This is a piece of the great monument 65 of Kaminal Juyu. Kaminal Juyú was a maya city that is understood by what is today the City of Guatemala, although there are records of his greatness, the greater part of its ruins were engulfed by buildings and shopping centers. The monument 65 is a huge

This clay figure is quite peculiar. It is made in the style of ‘Jaina’ which is the name of a small island off the coast of Campeche, Mexico.Jaina was a maya ceremonial center occupied from very early on, we know that this island was producing a large amount of figures and whistles anthropomorphic similar to

The murals of Bonampak are probably the pictorial works mayan best preserved.These paintings are found embedded in the walls of the Temple of the Murals or Structure I of Bonampak, which is located in the Lacandon jungle of Chiapas.The quality and condition of the wall paintings at the time of its discovery allowed studies to

Yuri Knórozov was a historian of soviet-known for being one of the fathers of maya epigraphy, thanks to his studies and notes achieved better understand the geroglificos maya. Your story is quite peculiar, while Knórozov studied history at the university soviet Kharkiv outbreak of the second world war, and was forced to battle in Germany,