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
still around four million Maya people around South America, keeping with them their language and traditions alive as descendants of the powerful civilization.