Before attending Satoshi Roundtable, which will take place at an undisclosed venue in Mexico, I am spending some days in Tulum at the Caribbean coast, which is famous for its Maya ruins.
Tulum was one of the last cities built by the Maya. It had its best time between the 13th and 15th centuries, when it was an important port and trade centre, especially for jade, obsidian and copper.
The ruins are situated on tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. Today they are a popular tourist attraction.
Tulum, which was also know as Zama, the City of Dawn, managed to resist the invading Spaniards for about 70 years. But the Mayas suffered from diseases brought by the Spanish settlers and finally had to abandon their once important city.
The Maya temples were orginially painted in bright colours and decorated with statues of gods. Very few of these paintings have survived. All that stays are the rocks the temples were built of.
The ruins are inhabited by many leguans.
Tulum is a beautiful place and definitely worth a visit!
wow.........nice place. i like this place.
thanks for sharing
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Beautiful photos. Thanks for the narrative explaining the history. I am always fascinated by ancient civilizations.
The western hemisphere had advanced civilizations before the European explorers came and none of them survived. Yet the Asian societies continued after they were "found" and settled by the European nations.
There are no accidents in Nature. I can't even imagine the karma of what must have been done by the western natives sometime in their past to have deserved what happened to them. It is really a shame.
Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the Crypto Conference.
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wow.. what a beautiful plase. @aaronkoenig . i like your The Maya Ruins of Tulum post. thanks for share the post.
owo btautifull photography thaks for shareing @aaronkening
Awesome travelling post ✌and beautiful photos as well!!! Hope one day I can travel there too ;)
Maya walled city serving as a major port for Coba,
Maya walled all of the most beautiful places in the world could take a lifetime @aaronkoenig
nice
What a nice place! And how good a photo grid is.
Thanks for sharing it.
I like this blog.
Such a amazing place...
Yo, @aaronkoenig, awesome pics! I am hoping to visit Tulum in the coming months-- Mayan history and present-day culture is so very rich! Thank you for sharing.
What is the Satoshi Roundtable?
I really like your post all in history to learn it I wait for the next posting
Beautiful pictures. Its really awesome.
Hello little Leguan :) Please don't eat me OK?
what an amazing place this is! Just amazing. Thanks for giving us the chance to see it....
Looks like a quiet peaceful place. Definately a place to visit!
Just yesterday I wrote bout how scientists have found an incredible amount of Maya ruins in Guatemala:
https://steemit.com/science/@lennstar/big-bigger-maya-the-builders-of-america
Those ruins also meant there were millions of people more, living in what you could call an industrialized farming society.
Wow!!! Beautiful picture.amazing place.
excellent photography
nice place for travel ...
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Love this post and the stunning photos! I've always wanted to check out Tulum.
Nice 👍