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the
triadic pyramid
complex was an early
Maya
architectural
form based on the
Maya creation myth
?
Facts on topics related to Maya mythology
Maya civilization
human sacrifices
to the
K'iche'
Maya
patron
deity
Tohil
had their severed heads placed on a
rack
in front of the
temple
?
Calakmul
(pictured)
was one of the largest and most powerful
Maya
cities?
Chiquibul National Park
surrounds the ancient
Mayan
site of
Caracol
?
Chitinamit
in
Guatemala
was the first capital of the
highland
K'iche'
Maya
?
Gukumatz
(depiction pictured)
, one of the
Feathered Serpent deities
of the
K'iche'
Maya
of
Guatemala
, was said to carry the sun across the sky in his jaws?
Gumarcaj
, in
Guatemala
, is
archaeologically
and
ethnohistorically
the best known of the
Late Postclassic
highland
Maya
capitals?
Jaina Island
, a
Maya
necropolis
, contains over 20,000 burials, with every one excavated having one or more ceramic figurines
(example pictured)
?
La Amelia
, a small
Maya
archaeological site in
Guatemala
, features
hieroglyphic panels
describing the ritual
sacrifice
of a bound captive who is rolled into a
ball
and thrown to his death?
potbelly sculpture
is a crude non-
Maya
sculptural style distributed along the
Pacific
slope of southern
Mesoamerica
and dating to the
Preclassic Period
?
Temple I
(pictured)
, in the
Maya
ruins of
Tikal
in
Guatemala
, is a 47-metre (154 ft) high funerary monument dedicated to king
Jasaw Chan K'awiil I
who died in AD 734?
Maya script
the
hieroglyphic inscriptions
at the
Early Classic
Maya
city of
Bejucal
in northern
Guatemala
were all made within a narrow 40 year period?
Classic Maya collapse
the
Classic period
Maya
city of
Punta de Chimino
was one of the last cities to survive the
political collapse
of the
Petexbatún
region of
Guatemala
?
Sacrifice in Maya culture
human sacrifices
to the
K'iche'
Maya
patron
deity
Tohil
had their severed heads placed on a
rack
in front of the
temple
?
Maya peoples
the
Chontal
Maya
of
Tabasco
,
Mexico
consider themselves the direct descendents of the
Olmec
civilization?
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