10 Most Amazing Mayan Ruins - Travel Video

For almost a millennium, the ancient ruins of great architecture lay buried beneath the jungle vegetation on the Yucatan Peninsula. Abandoned by their creators these ancient temples and pyramids are a stunning reminder of a powerful civilization that once ruled the people of Central America. Although the accomplishments of the ancient Mayans are astonishing, no city would escape the inevitable collapse. One by one they were swallowed by the rainforest leaving the amazing Mayan ruins hidden, waiting to be discovered. Number 10. Lamanai, which in Maya means “submerged crocodile, is one of the few Mayan sites to retain its traditional name. Number 9. Coba in Mexico was a large ancient Maya city that was home to about 50,000 inhabitants at its peak. Number 8. Copan is a relatively small Mayan city well-known for it’s remarkable series of portrait stelae. Number 7. Caracol is the largest Maya site in Belize. At its peak around 650 AD it had an estimated population of about 150,000, more than twice as many people as Belize City. has today. With a hight of 43 meters, the largest pyramid in Caracols is still the tallest man-made structure in all of Belize, at 115 feet. Number 6. Tulum is the remains of an ancient cliff top fortress built by the Mayans. Walled on three sides with the fourth open to the Caribbean Sea, the views are simply incredible. Even though it dates back to 564 AD, Tulum was at. its prime during the 13th and 14th centuries. It was a powerful trading hub for jade, cotton, and cacao beans. Apart from the El Castillo pyramid, the main attraction, have a look at the beautiful mural inside the Temple of the Frescoes and go for a swim at Tulum”s secret beach, surrounded by palm trees and sunbathing iguanas. Number 5. Calakmul. Hidden inside the jungles of the Mexican state of Campeche, Calacmul is one. of. the largest Mayan cities ever uncovered. It is located on the western edge of the Mayan civilization in the present-day state of Chiapas. The most recognizable Mayan structure is the Magician Pyramid, which is the only Mesoamerican pyramid built as a funerary monument. Uxmal, meaning “built three times,” is the best preserved Mayan language, unlike the other Mayan languages, and the only Mayan temple of the rectangular oval or square layers of the temple of Inscriptions. It dates from 600 AD to 800 AD and is located in Palenque, Mexico. It contains some of the finest architecture and sculptures of the Maya ever produced, but it is much smaller than some. of Mayan neighbor cities, but is much better preserved than some of their neighbor cities. The Temple of anapasque was located in the western state of Mexico, and it was located at the edge of an jungle that was once known as “Palenque.” It is the oldest Mayan site in Mexico and contains some. structures from the second half of the 6th century AD through to the late 7th. century. The city grew into one of. the 5th century with more than 20,000 residents but was mysteriously abandoned a few centuries. later. The City of Tulum, in the state of Cancun, Mexico, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to the most recognizable Maya sites in the world. It has a population of more than 100,000 people and is a popular tourist destination. It also contains the largest temple pyramid in the country, the Temple. of the Magdalena, which was built in the 3rd century AD and stands 115 feet high. The largest pyramid at the Temple is the Magalena Pyramid, or Magician pyramid, which stands 115. feet tall and is the tallest structure in the Maya world. The temple of Uxxmal is the rectangular temple or square oval or rectangular square pyramid of the oval or oval layers of rectangular rectangular layers of Maya language, or “Uxmal” or square square pyramid. The Pyramid of the Inscription, or the Temple, or Temple of The Magician, is the biggest Mayan pyramid in Mexico, stands 115. feet high and is only the tallest Mayan monument in Mexico. There are many Mayan structures in the area that are not completely uncovered yet. The ruins of the city of CalakMul have been cleared from the jungle and restored by archaeologists. The remains of the City of Cala are still being excavated and are still to be seen by tourists and tourists from all over the world, including the United States.