The Governor's Palace at Uxmal, has the longest facades in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. From a small platform with a stone throne with two jaguar heads, this edifice would have been used as an astronomical observatory for watching settings of Venus. Uxmal, an ancient Maya city of the classical period in present-day Mexico. considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture. the building is typical of the Puuc style, with smooth low walls that open on ornate friezes. Most of the city's major construction took place while Uxmal was the capital of a Late Classic Maya state ar
The Governor's Palace at Uxmal, has the longest facades in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. From a small platform with a stone throne with two jaguar heads, this edifice would have been used as an astronomical observatory for watching settings of Venus. Uxmal, an ancient Maya city of the classical period in present-day Mexico. considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture. the building is typical of the Puuc style, with smooth low walls that open on ornate friezes. Most of the city's major construction took place while Uxmal was the capital of a Late Classic Maya state around 850-925 AD. After about 1000 AD, Toltec invaders took over
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