16 kilometers around
1 of 3000 buildings in Tikal
Possible to dig up but no money to do it
900 after Christ start
Mayans did not run away
Temples for astronomical function
Equinox and solstice
13 gods
Everything is limestone ground and temples
Chico Zapote used for gym
Ceiba geological tree
Connection to the afterlife with the Mayan you transcend to life in a different form
Estella standing up as a standing stone
9 holy numbers
7 underground worlds and 1 heaven
Symmetry and dualism-big part of Mayan architecture
Pyramids levels- how close you are to the stars
Temples how close you are to the gods with the heights
771 and 791
100 years before Tikal abandoned
810 ac last building constructed by same leader
Last one 791
1 catoon=20 years
Archaeologists confirm Mayans came from Asia region Mongolia
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