The Temple of Frescoes
by Gary Keesler
Title
The Temple of Frescoes
Artist
Gary Keesler
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art Photography
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The Temple of Frescoes or "TEMPLO DE LOS FRESCOS"
The Tulum ruins are the third most visited archaeological site in Mexico after Teotihuacan and Chichen Itza. Located just 120 km south of the popular beach resort of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula.
Spectacularly located on a cliff overlooking the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea, Tulum is a Mayan settlement that flourished from around 1200 AD until the arrival of the Spanish.
The peak of the Mayan civilization was around the year 1000 and Tulum was occupied late in the Mayan era, in fact it was one of the last cities they built.
Soon after Tulum's rise, the Spanish arrived and the Mayans, along with the Inca and Aztec peoples, were conquered.
The Mayans proved to be the most difficult conquest, since there was no single king.
Their political structure was set up in a number of separate city-states with individual rulers that traded and interacted with one another.
Because of this, and the fact that they didn't have gold, the Mayans and Spanish coexisted for two hundred years before Spain finally took control of the Mayan lands
Even then, the people, culture and language did not cease to exist. In fact most people in the Yucatan today are of Mayan and Spanish descent, including our guide Carlos.
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September 5th, 2015
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