Ancient Wonders
Hanging gardens of Babylon
Pyramides of Giza
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausaleum at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Pharos of Alexandria
Medieval Wonders
Stonehenge
Colosseum
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Great Wall
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Hagia Sophia
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Natural Wonders
Mount Everest
Great Barrier Reef
Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
Northern Lights
Underwater Wonders
Palau
Belize Barrier Reef
Galapagos Islands
Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
Great Barrier Reef
Deep Sea Vents
Modern Wonders
Empire State Building
Itaipu Dam
CN Tower
Panama Canal
Channel Tunnel
North Sea Protection Works
Golden Gate Bridge
Archaeologists are unsure exactly when the Maya inhabited the coastal areas of Belize, but ample evidence exists to support an extensive maritime trade network along the coast by A.D. 600 This volume focuses on the maritime trade network sites on Ambergris Caye, Belize where excavations have revealed remnants of very small villages, or camps, along the Caribbean coastline.
Driving up to San Ignacio in the Cayo District. Very friendly people – living in neat and beautifully coloured houses in the green luscious landscape – everything emanates an inviting laid back atmosphere, Visiting the ancient Maya pyramids of Xunantunich and Caracol, the latter situated in the jungle of Mountain Pine Ridge. We stayed at the beautiful and very welcoming ‘Five sisters’, enjoyed the waterfalls and the very friendly welcome. Before returning to the beaches of Corozal in Belize (Smuggler’s Den), we visited nearby Tikal National Park in Guatemala (see other video) – another memorable experience. Caracol is the largest Maya archaeological site in Belize, Central America. In AD 650, the urban area of Caracol had a radius of approximately 10 kilometers around the site’s epicenter. It covered an area much larger than present day Belize City (the largest metropolitan area in the country of Belize) and supported more than twice the modern city’s population. Urban Caracol maintained a population of over 140000 people through the creation of an immense agricultural field system and through elaborate city planning. Caracol is noted not only for its size during the Maya Classic era (AD 250-950), but also for its prowess in war; this includes an AD 562 defeat of Tikal (Guatemala) and a subsequent conquest of Naranjo (Guatemala) in AD 631.
Ancient Wonders
Hanging gardens of Babylon
Pyramides of Giza
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausaleum at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Pharos of Alexandria
Medieval Wonders
Stonehenge
Colosseum
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
Great Wall
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Hagia Sophia
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Natural Wonders
Mount Everest
Great Barrier Reef
Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
Paricutin Volcano
Northern Lights
Underwater Wonders
Palau
Belize Barrier Reef
Galapagos Islands
Northern Red Sea
Lake Baikal
Great Barrier Reef
Deep Sea Vents
Modern Wonders
Empire State Building
Itaipu Dam
CN Tower
Panama Canal
Channel Tunnel
North Sea Protection Works
Golden Gate Bridge
