Remains of the Maya city of Calakmul, Mexico

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victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d (2 replies)

I'm imagining how far around it stretches underneath the trees.

JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 3 pts · 359d (1 reply)

There's an article and map posted in another comment.

In the map, there's quite a few smaller structures ("estructuras"), but they may also have been important municipal / religious buildings, and not actual dwellings. So I'm thinking that when you throw in all of the dwelling-spaces and related stuff, the whole area might have been vastly larger than even the full pyramid and surrounding buildings.

victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d

Very cool.

Getting6409@piefed.ee · 3 pts · 359d