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Kaminaljuyu y Museo
They found ancient artifacts when they were breaking ground for a big shopping center, and the agreement for continuing to build the mall, was that they would put a museum in the mall and preserve the Mayan artifacts. There was even skeletons from an ancient burial ground enclosed in glass in the ground, just as they were buried... Some looked like little children or families buried together, with pottery, etc.
The Kaminaljuyo is an actual archaeological dig, and we got to look at the underground buildings that look sort of like temples. They are all over the city under hills everywhere, but the government does not have the money to fund the digs.
Here's the pamphlet from that field trip. We went with Pitchers and our trusty guide and taxi driver, Andres.
Passage way
Active arch site
Unexcavated burial sites
Us and the Pitchers
Goal for ancient futbol
Water channel section
Cover over ruins to prevent theft and weather damage.
Parquet Kaminaljuyu
Us and the Pitchers
Firewood for cooking
Burial site with gifts and the real skeletons
Incense burner
Miraflores Mall, best one ever seen, anywhere
Skyline Zona 7
Volcanoes in the distance
Mushroom idol to ward off evil spirits
Map of trade routes between ancient cities
Big guy right at home
