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Sunday, 21 April 2013

Tulum And How The Mayans Protected Their City

By Linda Patterson


If you have lived during the unstable times, surrounded by foes that are violent and in danger of being attacked, what would you do? For sure you will get something to protect yourself and make ways to keep your attackers away. That's precisely what the Mayans did in the post-classic period and their primary standpoint was the city of Tulum located at the Caribbean coast. Due to Mayan monopoly, tours to this city are amongst the most desired segments in the Mayan.

Though at first glance, this ancient Mayan city appears to be like a seaside town, an aerial view uncovers presence of fortified walls on the remaining 3 sides, as a result validating the fact that it was in fact a disturbed period in history. These walls are similar to the Great Wall of China as they are characterized by an interior pathway that extends to a height of 3 to 5 meters above the ground and 7 meters thick. A lot of suggestions spring to mind of what the Mayans could possibly have intended nevertheless self defense is at the forefront. It's a point which is not yet been validated regardless of whether it was up against the peasant communities or other tribes.

The walls kept the inhabitants protected from invaders while the sea worked to facilitate trade and served as a gateway to the outer world. Tours to this ancient city will give you the chance to be in a beautiful sandy beach. And Tulum deals would enable you to swim in this beautiful beach. Nevertheless in the Mayan time, this worked as a landing point for canoes full of items. Furthermore, it is simply at this place that the Mayans took to build and utilize canoes. And previously, goods were transported mainly by humans. Even if the civilization of the Mayans was advance yet they were not aware of how to make use of animals to carry loads. This was caused by the lack of ideal animals in the neighboring habitats.

Taking tours to this ancient Mayan site would reveal that on account of this ignorance, the Mayans were caught out of the blue as they seen Spaniards riding horses the first time. In the beginning, the Mayan logic foresee the horse together with its rider as being a similar creature and this perception changed when both were seen as losing their lives one at a time. They felt awed after seeing the horse died separately and they did not only worshipped the skeleton but also immortalized it in various frescoes and murals.

Just how did the seafaring vessels get to land safely? In order to guarantee a safe landing for the vessels, the Mayans had built a highest building in this location and when its two uppermost torches were lighted, the path through the reef up to the beach was simply for the seafarers. The trade was usually composed of many different agricultural products to exotic items like serpentine feathers, obsidian and jade. El Castillo was the name given to the tall building which means castle and it remains to be amongst the main attractions of Tulum tours.

Have you been to El Castillo? If so, then for sure you did not miss the Mayan temple at its left side. Referred to as the Temple of Descending God, it incorporates a winged Mayan deity in an upside down position and because of this it was called the 'diving God'. With its likeness to bees, the mere presumption that comes up is that Mayans appreciated honey and so highly regarded bees.

With the rising interest in the Mayans as well as the region, there are plenty of Tulum tours that are available for any avid vacationer. Even so, for the holiday vacation so that you can make the expenses very well worth, a good recommendation will be to go for Tulum deals which are very close to your expectations.




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