Wednesday, August 31, 2011

WORKING IN THE EXPLORATION OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A STRONG AREA OF XOCHICALCO, MORELOS


Archaeologists are working in the area of ​​Temisco, Morelos in what appears to have been a fortress for the defense of Xochicalco. So far they have found a lot of platforms as well as foundations of walls of limestone along with other miscellaneous items. The work was done on the hill named "The Jumil" ..

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAYAN SITE DISCOVERED IN OCOSINGO,CHIAPAS


INAH archaeologist working on the site plan Ayutla in Ocosingo, Chiapas, where they found a structure that could consituir maya palace from the 50's before and after Christ, is a place you have been previously descuebierto some extructura yet belong to a later period, around the years 200 to 850 AD, the works are now showing that a settlement could have been formed in between Bonanpak, Lancaja and Yaxchilan, in the Usumacinta ..

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UXMAL


Uxmal is about 70 km from the capital of Yucatan state, which ocmpone most of the peninsula of the same name, at some point in the history of Mexico was severed part of that peninsula to make way for an indigenous area attached the Atlantic ocean which is called Quintana Roo, where ica hub now that tourism is called "Riviera Maya". Uxmal archaeological zone and is known throughout the world because some of its constructs have been promoted as symbols of the Mayan ruins, so for example, the temple or pyramid of "guess" that has UNPOC rounded corners, appears in many images that refer to the Mayan region of southeastern Mexico.The area as the rest of the peninsula and the area of ​​yucatanica Peten in Guatemala, is beautiful and huge, it took many days, weeks, to visit some of the places have been opening up the public, and even longer if want to know some that are still neglected by idustria tourism.regrettable, extremely unfortunate from my point of view, is that when taken as a tourist targets is degraded much of its value as a basis for understanding a culture and a past, so, for example, shows that pretend to hoodwink televiseros tourists I refer now to the sound and light show, make these places in television spots as frivolous and superficial as travel packages that promise to visit 10 areas in 5 days by paying a few dollars.If you can, go on your own, find out how to do it, take the time to explore and learn at the same time travelers who are in the head rather than spots travel agency, find fascinating things ..

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MUL NOHOCH PYRAMID IN COBA QUINTANA ROO


The Nohoch Mul pyramid in the area of ​​Coba, Quintana Roo, is one of the relatively new archaeological attractions for tourism, are promoted as the tallest pyramid in the Mayan area, something that if you can not say without But not very important in the sense of the records, however, the zone of Coba is very interesting by itself. You can usually get from various places if you have a car, if you use public transportation, encontonces an option that is still working, is take a truck from Playa del Carmen to the site. The site is located about 40 km from Tulum, between this site and Chichen Itza, taking a detour on the road one of these two places. Coba belongs, according to the archaeological dating of the classic and post classic period of Mayan culture ..

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