Tikal Notes

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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