Amanxuwa angamaMeya e-Central America

Amanxuwa aseMidan yaseMiddle East, ukusuka eCopan ukuya eTikal

Amadaka aseMean yakudala aseMentral America axabanga. Ngokuqinisekileyo, iiSayithi zaseMexico zaseMexico ziyisona sizathu esikhulu, ukuba asikho isizathu, ukuba sihambe kwi-Central America. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuma kuma-Amerika, kodwa ubukhulu babo kunye nobuchule babo buncwane banamarhaxu asendulo kwihlabathi lonke.

Ukusuka kwiindawo ezinokuthi zakudala zezinto zakudala ezifana neTikal eGuatemala naseCopan eHonduras, kwiindawo ezincinci kodwa ezingaqondakaliyo ezifana neTazumal e-El Salvador kunye ne-Xunantunich eBelize, amanxiwa angamaMeya aseMentra-Amerika ahlala ekhunjulwe kwimemori yakho.

• 01 ngo-11

  I-Tikal Inkunkuma, eGuatemala

  Iindawo ezibhuqiweyo zeTikal ze-Guatemala ezisenyakatho ye-El Peten ziyaziwa njengeyona nto ibalulekileyo kuMbuso wamaMeya. Babonakala beqhubeka ngonaphakade, bekhupha ehlathini lasePeten njengothixo basendulo. Ukuba unokuzibhenqa ebhedini ngo-4: 30 ekuseni, uhambo olungaphambi kokuntwasa kwelanga lokubingelela ukuphuma kwelanga kwi-Temple IV kwenza ukuba ukhumbule ubomi.

• 02 we-11

  I-Altun Ha Inkunkuma, eBelize

  Iindawo ze-Altun Ha ziyingxowankulu ye-Mayan eBelize. I-jade ne-obsidian enkulu yafunyanwa e-Altun Ha, icetyiswa ukuba indawo ye-Mayan ibanjwe njengesiko lesorhwebo lasendulo. Ingqalelo ngokukhethekileyo yayingu-15-cm ububanzi bentloko ye-Sun Maya Sun, uKinich Ahau, efunyenwe ethuneni kwi-Altun Ha yeTempile yeAltern.

• 03 we-11

  I-Nim Li Punit, eBelize

  I-Nim Li Punit ihleli ezintabeni ngaphantsi kweeMaya ze-Belize, kwaye ihlaziya imibono yeepanoramic kwiindawo eziphantsi zonxweme zaseBelize ukuya kwiCaribbean. Abaphengululi be-Archaeologists bakholelwa ukuba amatye aseNim Li Punit asebenza njengeziko lokurhweba kwimbuso yamandulo yaseMeya, abadwebi beentengiso nabathengisi bezinye iidolophu zaseMeya.

• 04 we-11

  I-Uaxactún Inkunkuma, eGuatemala

  Iimitha ezingama-25 kumntla weTikal, i-Uaxactún Ruins ihleli eGuatemala yeMaya Biosphere Reserve. Igama elithi Uaxactún lithetha "iiSithandathu ezityebileyo", kodwa kwakhona i-pun "Washington", i-US Capital. Ngenxa yokuba i-Uaxactún izakhiwo ezine eziphambili zihambelana nokuphuma kwelanga ngexesha le-equinoxes kunye ne-solstices, abavubukuli bakholelwa ukuba basebenziselwa kwisifundo se-Mayan sasendulo se-astronomy.

• 05 we-11

  AmaRuwa aseLuantantun, eBelize

  Iindawo zokubhujiswa kweLuantantun ezantsi kwinqanaba laseBelize laseToledo ziyamangalisa. Ngentlonelo, uLuantantun kuthiwa yindawo yokufumanisa ye-Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull. ULuantantun uneminye impawu ekhethekileyo, njenge-slate emnyama ebunwe ngesandla kunye nezitena ze-limestone zezakhiwo zayo.

• 06 ngo-11

  AmaCopan, amaHonduras

  Iindawo zokubhubhisa zaseCopan zasentshonalanga yeHonduras zizona zintle kakhulu zaseMesoamerica. Imifanekiso, imifanekiso, i-stelae kunye ne-hieroglyphic texts efumaneka eCopan zidla ngokugqithiseleyo, ngelixa umhlambi wemicu ebomvu egcina iCopan yokungena yenza ukuba indawo kaMeyi ikhunjulwe.

• 07 we-11

  Iinqununu zaseXunantunich, eBelize

  Iinqununu ze-Xunantunich ziseNtshona wesithili saseBelize eCayo, ngqo kummandla weGuatemalan. Inkalo ebalaseleyo yilezi zinxuwa zeMeya yithempeli elingu-130 elide elingu-El Castilo, elibonakala ngathi lithweswe isithsaba. I-Xunantunich yayiyindawo yokuqala yaseMeyi eBelize ukuba ivulekele uluntu.

• 08 we-11

  Amadaka aseTazumal, e-El Salvador

  Nangona incinci xa kuthelekiswa nakwezinye iindawo zaseMexico zaseMexico zaseMexico, amanxuwa aseTazumal ayilondolozwe kakhulu e-El Salvador. Impahla eyenziwa eTazumal inikezela ubungqina bezorhwebo phakathi kweTiumumal kunye neMiyan imizi ukuya eMexico nasePanama. Ekhohlisayo, iTazumum ithetha "indawo apho amaxhoba ashushu," ngolwimi lwaseMeya lwaseQuiché.

• 09 we-11

  Amanxuwa aseLamanai, eBelize

  I-Lamanai, indawo yaseMeyi kwiSithili se-Orange Walk esenyakatho yeBelize, ifikeleleke kuphela nge-90 mzuzu yeenqanawa zokuhamba ngomlambo kwihlathi elihle laseBelize. Ngokungafani namanye amanxuwa aseMeya, ininzi yeLamanai yakhiwe kwiziqendu. Abantu abaphumeleleyo baseMeya bakha phezu kweetempile zokhokho babo, endaweni yokuwachitha.

• 10 we-11

  Inkunkuma yaseCaracol, eBelize

  ICaracol yinkangala enkulu yaseMeyi eBelize. Ekuphakameni kwayo, kwakukho indawo enkulu kunokuba iBelize City, enezimbini zabantu. Njengamanje, ukuhamba kwiindawo ezibhuqiweyo zaseBelize eCaracol kudinga uhambo lweeyure ezimbini kwiindlela ezingenakuphiliswa. Kodwa abo baye bavakashela indawo yeMeya ekude bathi banokubhikisana neTikal - leyo iCaracol eyahlula ngo-AD 562.

• 11 kweye-11

  IQuiriguá, iGuatemala

  Amanxuwa aseQuiriguá amiselwe umlambo waseMotagua kwisithili saseIzabal saseGuatemala. I-Quiriguá ikhaya le-stelae emininzi-kuquka neye-35 iimitha ezide! Isayithi seMeya sinamanani amanqabileyo aqoshiwe kwiimo zezilwanyana ezinzulu, ezibizwa ngokuba yiZowomorphs.