- Indawo: eCopan, eHonduras
- Ubude: 30 m
ICopan yenye yeedolophu ezindala kunazo zonke zaseMean. Kwiminyaka engama-400 wayeyiziko lezopolitiko kunye nenkolo yale mpucuko. ICopan ifumaneka entshonalanga yeHonduras , kwaye ilapha apha ukuba isiteji se-hieroglyphic ikhona - indawo eyaziwayo kakhulu.
Iyiphi ikwere?
Le nqanaba yadalwa ngexesha lolawulo lukaKumkani waseCopan, owaziwa ngokuba ngumphathi wezobugcisa. Ukuba uyise wayiphendule isixeko kwiziko lezoqoqosho, uK'ak Joplaj Chan K'awiil wakha isakhiwo esingaqhelekanga se-755 AD esatshintshile iCopan, yenza into enhle kwaye engaqhelekanga.
Isiteji se-hieroglyphic se-30 m high. Ngamanye amanyathelo ayo ahlanganiswe ngama-hieroglyphs, inani elipheleleyo lalo li-2000. Le ndawo ephawulekayo ayigxininisi nje ngemifanekiso emihle, kodwa nangenxa yokuba ama-hieroglyphs athetha ngembali yeso sixeko kunye nobomi babo bonke abalawuli bayo.
Abaphandi baphetha ngelithi le mininzi impawu kwi-Hieroglyphic Staircase yaseCopan yimihla yobomi nokufa kookumkani bayo, amagama abo, kunye neziganeko ezibalulekileyo kwimbali yempucuko yeMeya.
Okwangoku, uninzi lwamanqaku omhlaba abuye aphinda avuselelwe, kwaye i-staircase ezili-15 kuphela ezisezantsi zingatshatanga. Siyabonga kubo, kwaba nako ukunikwa ubungakanani bexesha lokwenyani lwesakhiwo.
Abavubukuli banamhlanje bakwazi ukufumana ukuba amagama abalawuli abali-16 abhalwe apha, eqala ngoYax K'uk Moh kwisinyathelo esiphantsi kwaye ekupheleni komhla wokufa kookumkani, lowo emlandweni owaziwa ngokuba yi "Rabbit ye-18th", phezulu kwezitepsi. Ebusini bomlawuli we-12, uK'ak Uti Ha K'awiil, isicaciso esikhethekileyo senziwa - wangcwatyelwa kwipiramidi phantsi kwezitebhisi.
Ngowe-1980, isiteji se-hieroglyphic of Honduras sabhalwa kwi-UNESCO yeLifa leLifa leMveli.
Ndingafika njani?
Ukusuka kwinkulu-dolophu yaseburhulumenteni, iTegucigalpa , inokufikelela kwiiyure ezingama-5 ngemoto emgwaqeni omkhulu-CA-4 okanye i-CA-13, ehamba kwinqanaba elisentshona.
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