FROM ABOUT 100AD UNTIL THE 8TH CENTURY THIS SOPHISTICATED CITY WAS THE CAPITAL OF AN EMPIRE THAT EXTENDED TO PRESENT DAY GUATEMALA.IT WAS BASED ON MAIZE PRODUCTION WITH A COMPREHENSIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.THE WATER RAN OUT!!THIS IS PART OF A BAS RELIEF ON A THE COVERED TEMPLE OF QUETZLCOATL ONLY EXCAVATED QUITE RECENTLY.
THE EXPOSED ALTAR.ANTHROPROMORHISED GODS PF THE FEATHERED SERPENT,JAGUAR,PLUMED CONCH SHELLS,EAGLE AND BUTTERFLY AMONG OTHERS.
STILL VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS!!
MODEL OF WHAT THE CITY LOOKED LIKE.THE DOMINANT PYRAMIDS ARE THE MOON AND SUN PYRAMIDS.THERE IS DOUBT NOW THAT THEY ARE IN HONOUR OF THOSE BODIES BUT RATHER SOME OTHER DEITIES PROBABLY THE GOD OF WATER-MAKES SENSE!!
THE PYRAMIDS WERE PLASTERED OVER.ONLY CHEOPS IN GIZA EGYPT IS BIGGER THAN THE SUN PYRAMID.
SUN PYRAMID.
ON TOP OF SUN PYRAMID.THIS GOD HAD A PENCHNCE FOR CHILD SACRIFCE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THIS POINT.
FROM ABOUT 100AD UNTIL THE 8TH CENTURY THIS SOPHISTICATED CITY WAS THE CAPITAL OF AN EMPIRE THAT EXTENDED TO PRESENT DAY GUATEMALA.IT WAS BASED ON MAIZE PRODUCTION WITH A COMPREHENSIVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.THE WATER RAN OUT!!THIS IS PART OF A BAS RELIEF ON A THE COVERED TEMPLE OF QUETZLCOATL ONLY EXCAVATED QUITE RECENTLY.
THE EXPOSED ALTAR.ANTHROPROMORHISED GODS PF THE FEATHERED SERPENT,JAGUAR,PLUMED CONCH SHELLS,EAGLE AND BUTTERFLY AMONG OTHERS.
STILL VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS!!
MODEL OF WHAT THE CITY LOOKED LIKE.THE DOMINANT PYRAMIDS ARE THE MOON AND SUN PYRAMIDS.THERE IS DOUBT NOW THAT THEY ARE IN HONOUR OF THOSE BODIES BUT RATHER SOME OTHER DEITIES PROBABLY THE GOD OF WATER-MAKES SENSE!!
THE PYRAMIDS WERE PLASTERED OVER.ONLY CHEOPS IN GIZA EGYPT IS BIGGER THAN THE SUN PYRAMID.
SUN PYRAMID.
ON TOP OF SUN PYRAMID.THIS GOD HAD A PENCHNCE FOR CHILD SACRIFCE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THIS POINT.
MOON PYRAMID.
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