THE COMPLEX WAS BUILT ATOP FOUR MOUNTAIN PEAKS THAT WERE LEVELLED AND USED TO FILL IN THE VALLEYS.THIS STAGE TOOK 250 YEARD BEFORE BUILDINGS WERE ERECTED!!
A VERY STRATEGIC LOCATION ON THE NARROWEST PART OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN ISTHMUS OTHER THAN PANAMA.ENABLED THEM TO CONTROL TRADE NORTH AND SOUTH.
BAS RELIEFS SHOW CAPTURED ENEMY LEADERS CRYING AS THEIR GENITALS HAVE BEEN CUT OFF.WHAT A PACK OF WIMPS!!!
THIS SHOWS THE COMMON PRACTICE OF AUTO-SACRIFICE CUTTING THE FACE AND GENITALS IN THIS CASE.SEEMS BIZARRE BUT THE PRACICE OF BLEEDING PATIENTS TO CURE ALL ILLS WAS COMMON PRACTICE IN THE WEST NOT THAT LONG AGO!!
LIKE I IMAGINE MOST CONVERSIONS TO CATHOLICISM BY THE SPANISH IT WAS ENFORCED.CONVERT OR DIE.MANY OF THE ARTESANS FORCED TO BUILD CHURCHES GOT THEIR OWN BACK IN VERY SUBTLE WAYS.THIS IS A SPANISH ORIGINAL BAS RELIEF SHOWING A CROSS IN TWO PARTS WITH THE CROWN OF THORNS.
THIS IS WHAT THE INDIGENOUS CARVERS PRODUCED.A CROSS IN ONE PIECE THEIR SYMBOL FOR THE FOUR POINT OF THE COMPASS.THE CROWN IS ACTUALLY A DEPICTION OF THEIR SUN-GOD.
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