This article about the book The Ancient Maya by Robert J. Sharer and Loa P. Traxler, is the first one of a series of articles about Maya books that I plan to publish during the next months. Obviously, with 931 pages and a shipping weight of 3.5 pound, this is not the book you easily … Continue reading The Ancient Maya – Sharer & Traxler – 6th Edition – Stanford University Press – 2006
What I missed in all my travels through the world of the Maya, was a book that concisely explained where the interesting Mayan ruins are located, how to get there, a short guide which otherwise was limited to the description of the Maya sites and lacked the overload of restaurant and hotel descriptions. Because something … Continue reading The Maya Sites – Hidden Treasures of the Rain Forest
The Exotic Route – Gulf Coast and Chiapas I call this second part of the travel “the exotic route” because from here on we are leaving the main tourist areas. Except of Edzna, our first destination, most sites were founded during the pre-classic area of the ancient Maya civilization. The age of the buildings that … Continue reading Getting around Chiapas – Palenque, Bonampak, Yaxchilan
Mayapan is a historic site of the Maya in the northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is considered to be the last big Mayan town in the history of ancient Mayan civilization. Mayapan was actually the capital of the Maya in Yucatan for a period of about 200 years. The ruins are located about 40 … Continue reading Mayapan – last big town of the ancient Maya in Yucatan
Yaxhá means “blue-green water” in the language of the Maya. This ancient city of the Maya culture can be found in the lowlands of Guatemala in the state of Petén. The border to the neighboring country of Belize is just a few kilometers away. The city was built in the immediate vicinity of the … Continue reading Yaxhá – Pyramids, Temples, a Lake and the Jungle
