Buried beneath it, he says, is a pyramid. In 700-800 C.E., the ancient Maya would ascend a stairway to a temple at the pyramid’s top to offer gifts and sacrifices to the kingdom’s patron deity.
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Ancient Maya Royals' Remains Were Burned in a Public Ceremony to Mark a New Political RegimeIn the ancient Maya kingdom of K’anwitznal—a lowland city located in present-day Guatemala—dead royals weren’t always treated with reverence, archaeologists say. New research, published ...
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Dramatic burning of royal remains reveals Maya regime changebut that the Maya kingdom of K'anwitznal grew in political power beginning with the reign of a new leader, Papmalil, who may have been a foreigner. "Much epigraphic and archaeological research in ...
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