http://www.journeyidea.com/rio-azul-lost-maya-city-part-i Travel across the world with Journey Idea Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.journeyidea.com/rio-azul-lost-maya-city-part-i/comment-page-1#comment-13728 vareeja Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:51:24 +0000 http://www.journeyidea.com/?p=1104#comment-13728 Rio Azul itself is 3 square kilometres with 41 plazas, 752 structures, 21 sculptured stelas, 26 plain stelas, and 16 altars documented to date. The tallest temple is 47 mt high - a typical Preclassic Triadic Temple (three small structures on the top, the one in the center at the back and the others facing each other). Stela 1 mentions the alliance with Tikal, and Stela 2 records the visit of the King of La Milpa (now in Belize), the area was around 170 km² and was structured as a feudal state where nobility lived in farms around the city. Among other findings, there was found a chocolate pot with a screw for a lid. It is world-renowned for a sepulture with beautiful decoration (400AD). There are also murals with the cardinal points perfectly aligned and representing the Moon (north), the Sun (east), Venus (south), and the Darkness (west). Rio Azul itself is 3 square kilometres with 41 plazas, 752 structures, 21 sculptured stelas, 26 plain stelas, and 16 altars documented to date.
The tallest temple is 47 mt high – a typical Preclassic Triadic Temple (three small structures on the top, the one in the center at the back and the others facing each other). Stela 1 mentions the alliance with Tikal, and Stela 2 records the visit of the King of La Milpa (now in Belize), the area was around 170 km² and was structured as a feudal state where nobility lived in farms around the city.
Among other findings, there was found a chocolate pot with a screw for a lid. It is world-renowned for a sepulture with beautiful decoration (400AD).
There are also murals with the cardinal points perfectly aligned and representing the Moon (north), the Sun (east), Venus (south), and the Darkness (west).

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