Wednesday, January 8, 2014

North Acropolis of Tikal in Google Street view.

The North Acropolis of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala is an architectural complex that served as a royal necropolis & was a centre for funerary activity for over 1300 years. The acropolis is located near the centre of the city & is one of the most studied of Maya architectural complexes.
Tikal’s great plaza, at the heart of what was one of the most powerful city-states in the Americas, is surrounded by monumental structures: the stepped terraces of the North Acropolis, festooned with grotesque giant masks carved out of plaster and masonry; a steep pyramid called Temple I, whose roof comb towers 145 feet above the ground, and its mate across the plaza, TempleII, soaring 125 feet above the grass; and a complex of mysterious buildings called the Central Acropolis. At the peak of its glory, around a.d. 750, Tikal was home to at least 60,000 Maya and held sway over several other city-states scattered through the rain forest from the YucatánPeninsula to western Honduras.

More details about North Acropolis from Wikipedia, A number of royal tombs have been excavated that have been identified with named Kings, including the tombs of Yax Nuun Ayiin, Siyaj Chan K'awiil, Wak Chan K'awiil & Animal Skull. An early tomb in the north Acropolis has been tentatively identified as that of the dynastic founder Yax Ehb Xook.                                          (Source- www.wikipedia.com)

See that places in this map.