Nakbe

Nakbé is a ruined city of the Maya in the department of Petén in Guatemala today.

It is located about 15 kilometers south of the Mayan ruins of El Mirador, with which it across a street - was connected ( Sacbé also called Maya Expressway ). In the late classic Maya period, the city was also associated with Calakmul a Sacbé.

The region was inhabited by about 1400 BC - the heyday of the city was around 800-400 BC and is considered the first great city of the Maya. The beginning of the architectural development in Nakbé could now be dated to about 1000 to 800 BC.

In modern times Nakbé was first rediscovered in 1930, but the archaeological investigations began only in 1962.

In Nakbé a variety of ceramics, pots, bowls and statues were found. The discovery of shells and obsidian evidence of a distinct trade and transport system as these long stretches have found their way to Nakbé. This ability has probably played a major role in the construction of a complex society of the Maya.

The buildings in Nakbé are arranged in two groups ( an eastern and a western part). The largest building is located in the western part and is 48 meters high and it is on a seven -meter-high platform. Are located on the building seven masks, the largest of which is eleven feet wide and five meters high and shows a bird god.

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