Archaeology - Rio Azul
AVAILABLE ITINERARIES

NAME - CODE

DAYS

PRICE (US$)

Valley of the Kings Code: RAZ

3

$485.00 + air

Enter the Sacred Tombs Code:Raz4

4

$550.00 + air

Combination Tour Code: Uax5

5

$665.00 + air

 

 

 

Rio Azul

A tomb discovered in 1962 then left abandoned until 1981 when IDEAH (Guatemala National Institute of Archaeology) along with Dr. Adams was able to send in a team of archaeologists and guards to study and protect this unusual site.

This is the place we traveled through dense rain forest into the heart of the Maya Biosphere reserve. The 4-wheel drive has huge, wide tires and high clearance to dance along the rough road to make it there in 6 hours from Tikal, Petén in Guatemala, of course during the dry season.

The main plaza of Rio Azul houses more than 10 tombs. I am reminded of a necropolis more than an acropolis, or living area. Was Valley of the Kings in Egypt and inspiration to the Classic Maya People?

The stelea found here has thick stucco glyphs with the red paint still affixed to the surface and hard stone used as a forming material. A beautiful Head variant glyph has a round flower in its mouth. Could that be representative of the jade figurines found inside the mouths of the skulls within the tombs? What a find!

 


 

 

Rio Azul Drawing Hieroglph- Maya Archaeology Site

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