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.
