Calakmul Story in National Geographic Magazine for September 2016
In the seventh century A.D. the Snake rulers presided over this capital city—in what today is southern Mexico—and its largest structure, a pyramid 180 feet tall. From Calakmul they managed an intricate web of alliances. A fascinating story on Calakmul and the Maya Snake Kingdom appears in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic Magazine. Here is an excerpt. "At the end of the fifth century, Tikal was one of the most powerful city-states in the region. Archaeologists s
