Everytime there was a new high Priest. He built over
the top of the Altar of the Previous High Priest. He wanted
to be bigger and better. More Jade head dress. More feathers
and bigger alter.
Orginally these altars were plastered over with a
smooth surface. The were also bright colors
In't she Cute!!! What a great travel companion.
Climbing one of the Altars. They were solid because
they just kept making it wider and taller than before
The Mayan calandars were so accurate that they
were within four hours of our current calandar.
The hole in this rock was situated so that on June 21st
if your standing so as to look through the hole, the Sun
would shine straight through.
This is a picture of the rock with the hole from the
back side.
This in an Altar that was in the process of being built over.
They would expand it, then fill the void with rocks before
they plastered it over. Didn't ever get finished because
of the draught... and they moved on
Some of the courts were amazing. Well...all of
them were.
The rise on the steps were very high because only
the high priests were allowed to go up. So they made
it somewhat difficult.
Most of the courts were not grass but solid limestone
between them. The way they were positoned you could
clap your hands and you could hear it for a very long distance.
The aucutics were fabulous. I can finally understand how Mosiah
could have had such a large audience and be heard by everybody.
5 comments:
I liked what you said about the accuracy of the Myan calendar. Did you know that the Myan calendar ends December 21, 2012? 2012 is also when the next Solar Maxima is supposed to occur. . . So who knows, maybe 2012 will prove to be an interesting year. Maybe we will be visited by aliens, no? ;) J/k
Actually their calandar starts over every 52 years. That will be a new cycle on 12-21-12. Hopefully we will just start a new cycle. I am not ready for any major just yet.
Loved the pics and all the explainations. I think I'm good for Dec 21- 2012. I'm ready for Satan to be bound sooner than later. Glad you had so much fun.
Audrey
what an amazing place. yes, curtis really was there. just behind the camera. i had to fight him more than once to get him in the picture. we should have taken two cameras. that was a big mistake. loved doing this trip with him for a pre anniversary trip. hope to share something like this with my own children some day. catherine
Love the pictures!!! I'm glad you posted... my mom/dad haven't yet :) What a cool experience- and who doesn't love WARM weather in January?
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