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<< Our Photo Pages >> Comalcalco - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Tabasco

Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 02 January 2010  Page Views: 5776

Multi-periodSite Name: Comalcalco
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 23.825 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Tabasco Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Comalcalco, Tabasco
Latitude: 18.280000N  Longitude: 93.202W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
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1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Comalcalco
Comalcalco submitted by SolarMegalith : Ruins of Comalcalco with Temple 1 in the middle (photo taken on March 2004). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Tabasco.
Westernmost major Mayan settlement. Pyramids and temple structures grouped around plazas. Major buildings were made from fired clay brick and oyster shell mortar, as opposed to the more typical material of quarried limestone.

Location given is for the ancient town site. There is a museum at the entrance.

Note: Mayan glyphs detail priest's life, blood sacrifices.
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Comalcalco submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Ruins of Mexico" via archive.org Site in Tabasco Mexico (Vote or comment on this photo)

Comalcalco
Comalcalco submitted by SolarMegalith : Late Classic and early Post-Classic Mayan constructions in Comalcalco are build of bricks and oyster shells material (photo taken on March 2004). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mayan glyphs detail priest's life, blood sacrifices by bat400 on Saturday, 02 January 2010
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Submitted by coldrum ---

Experts are studying the first Mayan hieroglyphic script dealing with the life of a high priest, his blood sacrifices and acts of penance, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said. The text consists of 260 glyphs carved into a series of seashell earrings and manta ray stingers found inside a burial urn.

The urn, which also contained the remains of an important Maya priest, wrapped in bright red cloth, was uncovered during excavations 11 years ago in Comalcalco, in southeastern Tabasco state, the institute said in a statement.

"It is the longest Maya hieroglyphic script ever found to date in Tabasco" and the first relating a high priest, instead of a Maya ruler and his wives, INAH said. The text covers 14 years in the life of a Maya priest who lived in the eighth century A.D. It includes references to blood sacrifices and acts of penance preceding the spring solstice.

Maya priests used manta ray stingers to pierce their earlobes, tongue, forehead, penis and other parts of the anatomy, in painful, bloodletting sacrifices to induce a hallucinogenic state in which they believed they could talk to their gods, INAH said.

One of the glyphs refers to the equivalent modern date of January 31, 771.

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