Maya pyramid found to be one of the largest
Posted On: Aug 3rd, 2015 at 17:32
Mexico
Is it a hill? No, it’s one of the largest Maya pyramids ever found!
Astonishing to think such discoveries are still possible with all our modern technology, but it’s equally surprising what the jungle can hide. There is no doubt there are hundreds of other structures still to be found in the jungles of Mexico and other countries.
Previously it was thought that this pyramid, discovered just five years ago, was built on a natural hill, but it turns out the hill IS the pyramid, and therefore it is much larger than previously thought. It has also been discovered that the pyramid forms the central point of an acropolis, now known as Tonina Chiapas, and the city has seven distinct districts and probably dates to the late 7th Century.
In the future this city will be as important as Uxmal, Chichen Itza, and all the other tourist sites in Mayan Mexico, but it will be many more years before it will be fully ready to take on tourism. In the meantime, the site continues to reveal stunning stonework and hieroglyphs.
