First news of Tikal during the Spanish conquest
All Mayan history buffs wonder how history would have been the conquest of the new world if the Spanish had found the Maya in full bloom.
However, all known Maya cities the size of the buildings remained abandoned since, including Tikal.
Their descendants, now located in other sites formed the kingdom of Quiché, Kackchiquel, Mames, and Itzáes Tzutuhiles.
It was exactly during the conquest of the Itza roup that Spanish would be sent from Mexico to Tikal.
The Mayan kingdom Yax Mutal hiding in the jungle
Fray Andrés de Avendaño was sent Tayasal second time to complete the conquest of the Maya Itza. This process had already failed twice, but the council Itzáes began to consider their options. (Click here to read about Yax Mutal, the name of Tikal )
Canek King, ruler of the Itza had news of a plan to kill the parents so that they resumed their journey to Merida, Yucatan Peninsula, where they had been sent by the Governor.
The group got lost in the jungle in February 1696. His writings have found that very high temples, ancient.
These monasteries were shaped with rooms roofed and white surface (stucco), made of stone bonded with mortar. There was speculation about which city is covered by such reviews, suspecting at some point in Uaxactún (north Mayan city of Tikal, 24 miles), but the views of archaeologists, including Sylvanus Griswold Morley suggests that related to Tikal.
Just settle at the time to imagine the surprise that will take explorers to find a new continent full of jungle, terrible buildings of such height.
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