Archeology

Tulum: Amanecer del Puerto Maya

Tulum puede traducirse como “muralla” y en sus orígenes tuvo el nombre de Zamá, que significa “amanecer”. Fue un importante puerto Maya entre los siglos XIII y XVI. Es la puerta de entrada a la Reserva de la Biósfera Sian Ka’an que fue declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO en 1987, un ecosistema de los más exuberantes del planeta que incluye playas, arrecifes de coral, una abundante selva tropical, dunas y cenotes. (Secretaría de Turísmo, 2019).

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The Acropolis

The Acropolis is an architectural set which housed the Kaminaljuyu’s elite. This archaeological site occupied much of 7 and 11 zones of the city, but has been gradually destroyed, there are currently several sheltered mounds, mainly in the...

Score for the Game Ball from the Archaeological Site of Tikal

Mayan glyphs are signs engraved on a hard surface and represent the energy or strength of a person or some natural elements, they also tell the story about some very important event, (Chinchilla and Fahsen, 1991). In Mayan cosmology, glyphs refer...

The Altars of Mixco Viejo (Chuwa Nima Ab´AJ´)

The site of Chuwa Chuwa Nima Ab´Aj´ (Mixco Viejo), corresponding to the post-classical period of Mesoamerica is located in the northeastern sector of the Department of Chimaltenango in the Republic of Guatemala, it presents the...

Cave System

The caves or the caves system were built for religious purposes, obeying the Mayan cosmogony as they were doors to the underworld. One of these is currently collapsed.