Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/November 2015

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Lost World Pyramid

  • ... that the Lost World (pictured) at the ancient Maya city of Tikal was the first architectural complex to be built at the city?
  • ... that the early Maya farming village of Cuello in Belize has a mass grave containing 26 sacrificed war captives?
  • ... that the Madrid Codex, one of only three surviving pre-Columbian Maya books, contains almanacs and horoscopes that were used to assist Maya priests in their ceremonies?