Dec. 2009
This is the view from the tallest and most important Pyramid in Caracol, the largest archaeological site in Belize. By 650 AD, the urban sprawl of Caracol had a radius of 6.2 miles (10K) around the central palace. At the time the city supported approximately 144,000 citizens with immense agricultural field systems and elaborate city planning. Caracol is most famous for its military defeat and sustained subjugation of Tikal that drove Tikal into a 150-year dark age. Most of the view seen here was totally bereft of forest, and each major hilltop was studded with a Temple from which Maya priests communicated to the central Plaza important information and warned of approaching armies using reflective stones and a kind of Morse code. Buy calendar online
