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Plan de uso público del Parque Nacional Mirador Río Azul

Plan de uso público del Parque Nacional Mirador Río Azul

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Rio Azul - Lost city of the Maya

Deep within the forest in northern Guatemala lie the ruins of Rio Azul, a Maya city that reached one-third the size of Tikal. Discovered and partially explored in the early 1960s. Rio Azul and the surrounding region were more fully investigated between 1983 and 1987.

Remains in the Rio Azul area date from 900 B.C. to A.D. 850. The data indicate that, unlike most Maya cities that have been studied, Rio Azul was a frontier town, an administrative center, with alternating defense and trade-outpost functions. About A.D. 385, the Rio Azul region was conquered and the city founded by Tikal, serving as a Teotihuacan-linked garrison for that capital. Nearly all of the more than seven hundred structures found within Rio Azul were erected between A.D. 390 and 530.

Acres of pavement were laid down around some thirty complexes of residences, temples, and tombs notable for the brightly painted red hieroglyphs and murals on their walls. The elaborate complexes and sumptuous artifacts suggest a city with a heavy proportion of aristocratic families and retainers.

Around A.D. 530, Rio Azul appears to have been suddenly destroyed. The city was abandoned, then reoccupied -- only to stagnate and finally collapse, like many other Classic Maya cities in the late ninth century.

Dawn of the Maya - El Amanecer de los Mayas

Through breathtaking discoveries, archaeologists are uncovering the early years of the ancient Maya to reveal a dynamic, sophisticated culture that was flourishing before the time of Christ. The Preclassic Mayaonce dismissed as primitivecreated massive pyramids, elaborate art, early writing, and more.

Los arqueólogos están investigando los primeros años de los antiguos Mayas para mostrarnos la cultura más dinámica y sofisticada que nunca haya existido, caracterizada por increíbles ciudades, poderosos reyes y magníficas pirámides que datan de antes del tiempo de Cristo. La evidencia señala que la dinastía de los reyes Mayas existió por más de 1000 años. Nuevos descubrimientos han mostrado el arte primitivo, la escritura y más: la tumba de un antiguo rey, el mural Maya más viejo que se ha descubierto o la construcción de grandes estructuras como la pirámide de Danta. Viaje con los arqueólogos por selvas y antiguos templos, para investigar el surgimiento de una de las más grandiosas y misteriosas civilizaciones del mundo antiguo.

Mystery of the Maya - El Misterio de los Mayas

Witness the splendor of the Mayan civilization through the discovery of their pyramids, palaces and temples.
Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala, and extending into the Yucatan Peninsula lie the fabled pyramids, temples and palaces of the Maya. While Europe still slumbered in the midst of the dark ages, these innovative people had charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and had made tremendous strides in the areas of mathematics and calendars.

Without the advantage of metal tools, beasts of burden or even the wheel, they were able to construct vast cities with an amazing degree of architectural perfection and variety.

Filmed on location at numerous sacred sites throughout Central America including the ruins at Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Chichen Itza, Copan and Uxmal, Mystery of the Maya explores the culture, science and history of this people.

Secrets of the Maya Underworld

Unlike great civilisations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, 'cenotes', dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but not to the underworld rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events.

Royal Maya Massacre - Masacre Maya

Sixteen skeletons - the remains of a 9th century Mayan royal family - are discovered in a mass grave, revealing a sordid tale of sex, greed, rivalry... and the final clues to one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world: what caused the collapse of the Maya Empire? Who were these people? What tragic and violent plot sent them to the bottom of a centuries-old cistern? Was it disease? Starvation? Or murder? A crack team of experts from Guatemala's Forensic Anthropology Foundation is hot on the trail. The royal massacre and subsequent collapse of other kingdoms suggest something even more insidious: a bloody power struggle among rival royal families. Exclusive access to one of the most important finds in Maya archaeology combines with the latest in forensics, gripping recreations and advanced computer graphics to present a dramatic tale of how sex, greed and royal power struggles led to the undoing of an ancient superpower.

Dieciséis esqueletos,los restos de una familia real maya del siglo IX, se han descubierto en una fosa común, revelando una sórdida historia de sexo, codicia, rivalidad y en última instancia de destrucción. Gracias a uno de los hallazgos más importantes de la arqueología maya, así como a nuevas y asombrosas pruebas forenses obtendremos las pistas definitivas sobre uno de los grandes misterios del mundo antiguo. ¿Qué provocó la caída del Imperio Maya? ¿Quiénes eran estas personas? ¿Qué trágico y violento complot les envió al fondo de una cisterna de siglos de antigüedad? ¿Fueron víctimas de una enfermedad?

Nuevo Hallazgo Maya en El Mirador

Nuevo Hallazgo Maya en El Mirador. La Danta la pirámide más grande del mundo por volumen.