Climb the great stone steps of a pyramid and gaze across a green clearing filled with other tall stone structures reaching skyward. These lofty pyramids possess equally lofty names: Temple of Inscriptions, Temple of the Cross, Temple of the Sun. This is Palenque, Mexico!
Palenque rose during the classic period of Mayan civilization, from 250 to 900 CE. A dizzying array of carved records tells Palenque's story: curvy beaked birds with crosshatched feathers; muscled warriors with grass anklets; suns and moons.
Over 1,400 buildings have been documented, but the trim lawn giving way to lush jungle hints that there is more here than ruins. Roam onto cloaked jungle paths for another sense of this ancient place. Listen for the sharp cries of monkeys and parrots. Glimpse the shifting light falling through the canopy, revealing the rise of a dozen dragonflies!
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- to describe the experience of visiting the ruins of Palenque in Mexico.
- to explain the best order for viewing the Palenque ruins in Mexica.
