The disappearance of the Mayan civilization before the arrival in the Americas

Siti Karl Maya site is located in the northeast province of northern Guatemala Peyton jungle, approximately 35 km northeast from flores. Ticul is the largest states Classic Maya period, when the Mayan Civilization Center has from the southern to central, it was built in the swamps surrounding hills, composed of 9 buildings and a big square, connected by bridges and causeways. 1981 was included in the "World Heritage list".

Ticul site recovery plans

Travel route recommendation

Tical - Yaxchilian (Mexico) - Palenque (Mexico) -Sancristobal (one week)

Ticul

The Maya civilization hidden but beautiful spot

Guatemala, a small Central American country filled with for modern people the most extravagant calm, because life here is a simple maya. In the face of internal to the Maya civilization vanished, fight natural disasters,SpainThe invasion and killing, natural calamities and man-made misfortunes plague and so on, the people here after travel has put incense survive, and maintained in the pre-Christian ancient cultural tradition and ritual. The local people obsessed with their own way of life, the "civilized world" ignore, every town has its own story......

The ruins of Ticul

Shortage of soldiers without confusion

Before the age of 29, never thought I would come to America, to a state of turmoil. Before I went to Guatemala, in southern Mexico, Palenque and Yucatan Peninsula Mayan ruins let me be struck dumb. I was wondering is it right? Want to skip the Guatemala and Honduras, the two "barbarians", fly directly to safer Costa rica. At this time, a Guatemalan classmate told me: "Mexico is nothing, we Guatemala's Ticul is the most magnificent Maya buildings!" At first I thought the girl must be patriotic enthusiasm blinded (likeIndiaPeople never admit China than their state), although the same half-believe in, but I am afraid of missing anything, finally decided to set foot in china.

Transit to Mexico Guatemala is a transit most "informal" I experienced, the morning started off before day, take the bus for 4 hours, then walk two kilometers, then take a crowded the small wooden boat, passengers not to utter a single word, finally in a deserted place in. This process and the smuggling or run away in my mind as like as two peas. In any case or safely to Flores outpost town of Ticul.

Unable to hold oneself back, the very next day at four in the morning I just met and in several friends to the jungle city -- the Maya Ticul. The car jolted, in a dark alley half awake, the sky was pale. Get off and walk to the site, along the way the howler monkey groups in the treetops and fled, and send out deafening sound. The sun through the thick woods playing in a small dirt road, from time to time a colorful Macaw and Toucan flew through the sky (wild), paving the way for the ruins of nature, to create a pilgrimage to the situation. We climbed to the top of a small hill, suddenly see the towering Pyramid through a lush rainforest, touch the sky, as if to touch the sun. That way too sudden, why to cognitive ability of my shallow completely don't understand human their city built in the boundless woods, at least, traffic is very inconvenient! But perhaps precisely because of this civilization and nature beyond human cognitive category unusual binding mode, there will be "Star Wars" the science fiction piece do scene. In Latin America, there is always some reality is magic.

A sigh, and unable to hold oneself back into the bottom of the hill, to see what. For a moment to the ruins of the Central Plaza, the square is next to the palace, consists of 6 spacious courtyard, supplemented by dragon - like corridors, elegant luxury and not. Ticul's most prominent buildings, of course, is seen in front of the skies of Pyramid. The slope of Pyramid reached 70 degrees, the shape is likeEuropeGothic cathedral, there seems to be so called them "jungle cathedral".

The top of each seat in Pyramid have built a temple, this is a typical style of Maya buildings. Along the steep stone steps, priest or King step by step ascend into the temple at the top of the Pyramid. In the temple, they and the spirit of dialogue, pray to the great spirit. Some temples were built with astronomical observatory, where, the Maya Priests can watch the stars, to predict the future.

Hear this, you must think this is a magical civilization, indeed, more than 1000 years ago, there should be one of the leading civilization on earth. But at the same time, like all other civilization power like, here is full of bloody. Mel Gibson's "Apocalypse", the Maya to heaven commit innumerable murders scene here is the scenario reduction, make one's hair stand on end. The Mayan nobles with own astronomy and mathematics knowledge control people, the rainy season coming clearly know, but also led to countless people to pray for rain. The results clearly know that to the rain really came, the nobility was prostrate oneself in worship, unconditional. Imagine the same time China has great freedom fighter Ji Kang, he would not be enslaved, also refused to independent spirit should be the same age dependency of the Mayan people reference.