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Charmed by the Snake Kingdom – Calakmul, Campeche State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 January 2011
Calakmul, one of the largest, most powerful and most important Mayan cities ever discovered, had sophisticated infrastructure (including the largest Mayan reservoir ever found) and a massive amount of land and buildings. The so-called Snake Kingdom even had a logo–an emblematic snake head has been found all over the place. Calakmul reached the height of power during the Classic Period (250 to 900 AD) and the city/kingdom once had 50,000 inhabitants and ruled the land up to 150 kilometers away.
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Río Bec Style Mayan Sites – Becan, Hormiguero, Chicanná & Xpujil, Campeche State, Mexico
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 27 December 2010
After visiting more than 20 Mayan archaeological sites throughout Southern Mexico it can be tempting to lump them all together as amazing but largely similar piles of rocks. That would be a mistake. We’re no experts (in Mayan archaeology, or much else for that matter) but if you read up a bit and look closely even untrained eyes can begin to see distinct differences from region to region and era to era.
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