Sunrisists combined Mayan communities using monuments formed by science and religion – as well as royal ambitions
K’ahk ‘uti’ Witz ‘K’Awiil knew its story. 11 times the Mayan ruler dynasty ruled the Copan-Mest State near today’s border between Honduras and Guatemalas. From the fifth century CE to the seventh century, the scribes drew their ancestral genealogies into manuscripts and carved them with stone monuments throughout the city. It seems that about 650, … Read more
