Archaeologists have found the biggest and oldest structure of the Maya civilization
Source:a New discovery proves the presence of the Mayan civilization is an amazing knowledge and skills
In North America is the country Mexico and the Tabasco. If you suddenly appeared on the territory of this state and decided to stroll through its expanses, you would have gone through the many plains and hills. In this case, you, as local residents were not even aware that you go on to the large and ancient building of the Mayan civilization. It turns out that for many millennia under the feet of the inhabitants of Mexico, there was a valuable historical monument with a length of 1.5 kilometers. He was not hidden in the jungles and on its surface there were a lot of people, but it was difficult to detect because of the huge size. Finding a building during an aerial survey of the territory, the archaeologists were amazed at how much was developed the architectural skills of ancient peoples.
Ancient structures
According to research found the construction of the archaeologists gave the name Aguada Phoenix (Fenix Aguada). It is a rectangular area with a length 1413 meters and a width of 399 metres. The height of the building is always different and is 10 to 15 meters. According to the archaeologist Takeshi Inomata (Takeshi Inomata), the site is not in the jungle, and in a fairly lively place. But, because of the plane and the huge size, it even down looks like something created by nature. Any person who followed the construction of the Aguada Phoenix, just felt like climbing up the hill.
Aguada Phoenix in reality and in the view of the 3D model.
In Addition, excavation of the rectangle, in the state of Tabasco was also found about 20 such facilities. Whatever they were amazing, Aguada Phoenix is still the largest of them. During the excavations the archaeologists found out that once upon a time to the platform were at least nine roads. Were near the reservoir and other smaller rectangular building, which probably was used for different rituals.
According to archaeologists, the platform Aguada Phoenix was built by the Mayan civilization in the 1000-800 BC. It turns out that she is one of the oldest structures built on the territory of modern Mexico. 50 kilometers from Mexico city is the ancient city of Teotihuacan, the main construction of which is the so-called pyramid of the Sun. It reaches a height of 64 meters, but even it dates back to 200 BC in comparison with the construction of the Mayan pyramid is very young.
pyramid of the Sun in the ancient city of Teotihuacan
Who was involved in the construction of Aguada-Phoenix, archaeologists still unknown. However, in the process explicitly involved thousands of people. Evidence that they were forced to work, no no — at least, skeletons with traces of violence on the territory not yet discovered. Rather, the structure has been built on a voluntary basis and no one is forced.
But as Aguada Phoenix looks like from a bird's eye view
The Exact purpose of the structures is still unknown. The most logical assumption at this point that it was necessary for rituals, which in the Mayan civilization, as mentioned above, was enough. The assumption that the platform was built for any ruler, is excluded, because the territory has no dedicated stone statues. The only statue that was found by archeologists nearby, was dedicated to the animal.
Mayan Culture
The Fact that the Mayan civilization was able to build such large structures is truly amazing. In one of the previous materials I was told that they even had the power , which was perfectly smooth and even glowed in the dark. But feel the difference — platform Aguada Phoenix was built in 1000-800 years BC, and the "great white road" in just 1300 years.
this is the part of the "great white road"
Currently, the historians know a lot of interesting facts about the Mayan people. In may 2019 the scientists were even able to bring its members the most profit. These events, like the discovery of a 1.5-kilometer platform Aguada-Phoenix, dazzling. Apparently, the Mayan civilization had a very long and rich history. How else to explain such an abundance of a wide variety of discoveries related to their culture?
Relatively recently, my colleague Love Sokovikova has published an interesting material in which tried to figure out what exactly . Recommended reading!
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