Dos Pilas, Guatemala 1993
Gruta, Dos Pilas, Guatemala 1993
In the Rio Petexbatún Region of the Petén Rain Forest are a series of Maya Ruins, home to the forefathers of present day Maya. They lie unbothered in the soft green light of the Jungle keeping the forgotten history of the past inhabitants in its stone carvings, buried tombs and crumbled architecture. Uphill from the river, among fresh water springs, deep subterranean caves and thick jungle cover sits Dos Pilas. Once an aggressive Classic Community, it used Warfare, Marriage and Diplomacy to dominate the Region during the 7th and 8th Centuries AD