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Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Palenque - the capital of the ancient state of the Maya, called Baakulskim kingdom. Now in this area is the eastern part of the modern state of Chiapas. These ruins were discovered in the 17th century and has since been constantly discovering new secrets to researchers.
Palenque was abandoned in the IX century, on the assumptions of the invasions and devastating wars with the tribes of the Gulf of Mexico. City ruins, located in the jungle - it is only the central part of the former is a large ancient city.
Today, the park can be found the remains of the palace. His surviving ruins, as well as on the walls watchtower, astronomical observatory, Temple of the Sun and the Cross, Temple of the Inscriptions and other buildings can be found cleverly designed and well extant drawings.
The ancient Maya, creating terraces are used new techniques of construction and thereby altered the natural terrain of the foothills of Chiapas. Due to the high level of construction machinery, they were able to build a four-storey palace with a tower and it created a comfortable infrastructure, underground facilities. Under the Temple of the Inscriptions in the XX century, archaeologists found a large room with the sarcophagus, which has the remains of the ruler of Palenque. All found the treasure sent to storage in the Anthropological Museum of Mexico City, and have set up a temple carved slabs.
Really unique buildings called temples of Palenque, scientists, they are located at the top of the pyramid. Each of these temples has been created for ritual ceremonies. Apart from them in the park can be found three-meter stone arches - aqueducts.