Background:

Photo of Mayan ruins at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, ca. 1990. Marquette University Libraries, Negative 7516. This temple stands seven stories high and interestingly, also descends seven stories below ground level.

Study and Discuss:

1.     When do you think the Mayan people these built these buildings?

2.     Why do you think they built them?

3.     What technology must they have had in order to do this?

4.     Compare these buildings to European structures of the same time period.

5.     What other structures in world history do they remind you of? Why?

Resources 14: Mayan Ruins