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Chacchoben Temple
Lens: Tamron 18-250mm Camera: Pentax K-5 Photo Location: Costa Maya 
Posted By: mroeder75, 11-10-2019, 10:32 PM



If you are unfamiliar with Mayan ruins, they are usually excavated from a jungle. Trees and other plant life have overgrown them over the centuries after their abandonment, and dirt then fills them in. We have actually climbed to the second or possibly third level here (this was taken almost 4 years ago, and my memory has dimmed). I am not so sure that the grassy area surrounding this temple wasn't filled with limestone rock when this temple was completed, as we are already partially up the temple.

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Thought provoking to ponder it history. Nice photo.
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I love the Mayan buildings. Definitely a bucket list job.
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Nice shot! Relics like these of old civilizations just confirm that nothing lasts forever. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice photo. It is an impressive structure.
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Those sites are always jaw dropping sights. I had the great fortune to visit Chichén Itzá in 2015.

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Nice shot. You managed to avoid most of the people.

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Having a person almost out of frame gives scale without distraction. Well done.
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I so much would like to see Mayan ruins. Thanks for providing this little tease of what's waiting for me.
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Really a nice shot. If those who built it could talk to us what would they say?
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Fascinating.
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Nice shot. You managed to avoid most of the people.
Without people, a site like this has neither scale nor meaning.
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Beautiful! There's just something about old ruins like this that just always brings emotion. My brother did a trip to see the ruins in Tikal and tried to recreate the scene from Star Wars with the rebel sentry. lol
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QuoteOriginally posted by mroeder75 Quote


If you are unfamiliar with Mayan ruins, they are usually excavated from a jungle. Trees and other plant life have overgrown them over the centuries after their abandonment, and dirt then fills them in. We have actually climbed to the second or possibly third level here (this was taken almost 4 years ago, and my memory has dimmed). I am not so sure that the grassy area surrounding this temple wasn't filled with limestone rock when this temple was completed, as we are already partially up the temple.
I wonder what it looked like when it was it use? I'm sure it didn't have mowed lawn around it. I wonder if there were wooden structures near it or if sacred buildings were apart from everything else?
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Even if I have seen one, it is exactly how I imagined them. Wow, this must be huge! Thanks for sharing.
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