Recently Discovered Mayan Pyramid Confirmed As One Of The Largest Ever Seen

Misterious Earth ^ | 6 May 2016

[Fractal Trader]

Researchers have confirmed that the Mayan pyramid excavated at the Acropolis of Toniná, Chiapas is one the largest pyramids ever discovered. Discovered in 2010, Emiliano Gallaga and his team began their excavation under the impression that the pyramid was built on the top of a hill. It was not until recently that they’ve managed to fully assess it and truly see what they’re working with.

Wighing in at 75-meters tall with seven distinct districts all with their own purpose – such as Temples, palaces, markets, housing, administration – the magnitude of the Toniná pyramid compares even to that of the Tlachihualtepetl (artifical mountain) pyramid of Cholula, Puebla, roughly 70 meters in height. Researchers have hopes that further translation of the hieroglyphics may uncover the reasons as to why the Mayan civilization collapsed in this region. Containing over 300 ancient hieroglyphic texts so far identified, the Toniná pyramid has been classified as one of Mexico’s most significant historic land marks.

“It’s a big surprise to see that the pyramid was done almost entirely by pre-Hispanic architects and therefore is more artificial than natural… it was believed that the entire structure was a natural hill, but recent evidence has revealed that the structure was almost entirely built by ancient inhabitants.” said Gallaga

[moose07]

“No harder than carrying 200 pounds of horse feathers.”

Horse Feathers would take up much more room in the Saddlebags. :)

[Redcitizen]

Back then, you had to carve lolcats on stone walls or paint them.

[Fred Nerks]

Scale model of Toniná, from the site's Museum. This gives a feel for what the Acropolis may have looked like at the beginning of the 10th Century AD. Note that each of the seven levels is made up of multiple platforms, a total of 13 in all, just as there are 13 levels of heaven in the Maya Cosmos, and 13 months of 20 days each in the Tzolkin. There are also 13 temples on the several levels, each devoted to a different Maya god. While there are various pyramidal structures on different levels, the entire Acropolis is itself one vast, stepped pyramid. As such, it is comparable in grandeur with such famous structures as the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan near Mexico City. At level seven, the very top, stand two pyramids. On the right, the Temple of the Smoking Mirror is the tallest part of the overall structure, reaching 80 meters (262 ft) above the Plaza level. The Pyramid of the Sun, by contrast, rises 75 meters (246 ft). To the left of the Smoking Mirror Temple is the Temple of War. These two temples represent the two most important responsibilities of Toniná's ruling elite: control over the agricultural economy, and the conduct of war. Politics, religion, war, and the all-important cultivation of maiz (corn) were seamlessly interwoven in ancient Maya societies. In the lower right quadrant of the photo, you can see palaces and administrative buildings, with their latticed roof combs. These were the residences and offices of the elite.

SOURCE WITH HUGE NUMBER OF IMAGES

[Fred Nerks]

...and 13 months of 20 days each...

The Mayan Calendar: 260 Days & the Venus Orbit

[little jeremiah]

Do you have a working link? I want to see it.

[Rebelbase]

"They thought it was built on top of a hill, then discovered it was the hill, too.

Isn't there a similar theory for something similar in Romania?

[Fractal Trader]

Link works for me. If you are having problems, Google should work also.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks, it works for me now. My internet is not very good.

[BradyLS]

I also find the lines and figures on the Nazca plain compelling and fascinating.

Lately, I’ve been looking at the plain through Google Earth and scouring the satellite imagery to see if I can discern new figures that may have been overlooked. Among the foothills past the northeast corner of the plain, I found a trapezoid and what may be a spiral nearby. This is not the spiral that is just off the Pan-American Highway leading into the plain.

I also have a pet theory that the geoglyph commonly called “Manos”/”Hands” (just southeast of the lizard that is bisected by the highway) is actually the head of a moose. And there _is_ a caribou or moose-like geoglyph in Russia in Chilyabinsk that was discovered by some guy poring ver satellite photos!

Another interesting geoglyph in Chile is the Atacama Giant. Near it on the crest of the same hill are tiny trapezoids that are much like the ones that criss-cross Nazca. It’s almost like they started another Nazca-like system on the Atacama plain and then gave it up as soon as it was started.

On the other side of the Andes in the Brazililan province of Acre, geoglyphs have been discovered in many different places on the deforested lands.

It amazes me that peoples made them and then...disappeared. Leaving little or no trace as to why they were made or what purpose they served. Sometimes, I think it was just a fun thing for them to do. Other times, I imagine people viewed the glyphs from a mile away on foothills or perhaps walked them so they would know about creatures they may have never seen. (Such as a whale, or pelican, or...a moose!)

[SunkenCiv]

Whoa, nice!

[Elsie]

I love that guy and I don’t think any of the things he and the other contributors claim in regard to extra terrestrials is really out of the realm of possibility.

This is eerily similar to the claims folks make about the various Mary sightings around the world for centuries.

[Elsie]

I would hate to be an on air news reader doing this story cold.

"This breaking news just arrived. There are NO tanks in Cholula."

[Elsie]

Before the internet, people had a lot of time on their hands.

We still do; just choose to waste it differently.

[Elsie]

The archeologists started their tunnel at the top through the floor of the abandoned Spanish church

Catholic; no doubt.

[Elsie]

Just about every culture in every country worldwide has practiced human sacrifice and cannibalism at some point in their history-even in the Balkans, England, the Middle East, etc-we were all savages at one time...

HMMMmmm...

I know of a church today that claims to eat the flesh and drink the blood of their God.

[Elsie]

The disgruntled narrator was complaining about what a scam the Minotaur/labyrinth tours was; and especially what a waste the “insurance” she bought from the tour guide was.

Remember the old days when you could buy air crash insurance at the airport before taking off?

[Elsie]

The angle of the sides are different...

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[Ozark Tom]

[Elsie]

You can't climb the outside or inside of the pyramid at Chichen Itza. It's been closed to climbing since January 2006, which was a few months before Bush, Fox and Harper made their visit. INAH, the agency in charge of protecting the ruins, had been talking about closing the pyramid to climbing for several years, and after a San Diego-area woman fell to her death, they made good their promise. They also closed to tourists to the interior pyramid, which is reached by a stairway under the north-facing side.

Of all the sites, Chichen Itza is the one most closed off. If touching the ruins is important, skip it. There are barriers around most of them.   https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g150812-i23-k4705866-Can_you_still_climb_the_steps_at_Chichen_Itza-Playa_del_Carmen_Yucatan_Peninsula.html

Why do women mess things up for the rest of us? 

I was there in '03 and made the climb.  It is quite dangerous; on the return trip.  The 'steps' are QUITE tall and I came down by facing them and inching down each one, always keeping three of my hands or feet on them!

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I  climbed down inside Meteor Crater, in the late '60s.  Returning years later, and finding the trail now closed, was told that a woman had tried to go down the trail and broke her ankle.

The owners decided to shut down the trail.

BTW; the woman was wearing high heels.

 

 

 

[Elsie]

Sorry ladies...

I meant to include LAWYERS as well.