Mayan Influence On The Maya

In addition, one of the best Maya cities that summarizes though itself the Maya´s power is the city of Palenque, which name honors its greatest ruler Pakal The Great. Anna Blume professor at the University of Yale, informed in 2004.´´ Palenque remains one of the best preserved and most visited sites in Chiapas since it was first rediscovered by the modern world in the 18th century´´. After 68 years on the throne, Pakal was buried in the temple of Inscriptions, one of the largest stepped pyramids all around the world with a total of nine levels, and secret chambers. Later, because of the warfare, resource´s scarcity and the European colonization, the Maya empire vanished and disintegrated, but its culture and legacy never disappeared. Today