Combo: Cahal Pech & Xunantunich,
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Combo: Cahal Pech & Xunantunich,
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Combo: Cahal Pech & Xunantunich,

1 day
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The Maya world was made up of three layered domains: the starry arch of heaven, the stony middle world of earth made to flower and bear fruit by the blood of kings, and the dark waters of the Underworld below. Sitting majestic on a prime piece of hill real estate, El Castillo (the castle), stands guard over its 22 acres of ‘down town’ Xunantunich and its three to four square kilometers in radius, where its farmers lived and planted, beans and squash, the trinity of their nutrition. At this site, one of the most majestic pieces of art work called a frieze was built. Once wrapped around the entire building, we have lost the North and the South sides of the frieze and more than half of the West frieze. Fortunately the East frieze and a part of the West frieze are still evident of this most spectacular art that was built at 800AD. This piece of art is a testament of their mythology, politics and religion that dominated the psyche of their world.
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Tourism
80%
Cultural
80%
Original
50%
Adrenaline
15%
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