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Inside the pyramid of Maya in Chichén Itzá an ancient pyramid has been found

Автор: 21.11.2016 | Mexico
One of the most famous and investigated pyramids of Maya civilization Kukulkan in Mexican Chichén Itzá at the semi-island Yukatan gave a surprise to the researchers when they figured out the pyramid of less size inside the famous from 1930s inner pyramid what, in general, makes a structure similar to the triple nesting doll.

As the archaeologists estimated, the average pyramid in height of approximately twenty meters was completed before 1000 year, whereas the outer pyramid in the height of nearly 30 meters was built up in XIV century.

The age of the deepest pyramid found by the team of Mexican archaeologists being charged by Rene Chaves Seguro is still unknown; however, the data of radioelectronic analysis shows that its height is the proportional ten meters.

The scientists hope that new discovery is going to shed the light onto original culture Maya of such times when this civilization was deeply influenced by other states of the central Mexico.

According to historians, Maya may build pyramids for a variety of reasons including desire to stop the decay of trading routes with the help of cult delivery or respect a new governor.

In the meantime, nesting dolls among the Maya pyramids should not compulsory be an exception as the archaeologists have recently figured out that the Great pyramid in Chocul located in the central Mexico is also a kind of a giant nesting doll consisting of, at least, six parts, put one on another.

The blossoming of Maya was at the period from 250 to 800 years AD when they controlled the territory from the modern Honduras to the central part of Mexico. Nevertheless, this ethnos has not disappeared and existed along with Aztecs in the forthcoming centuries and also lived out colonial epoch. The number of the native speakers being originated from the dialect of the ancient Maya, at the beginning of XXI century is nearly five million people. 

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