Chichicastenango Church
September 15, 2007
Chichicastenango Church
Originally uploaded by Coomer Family World Adventures.
A view of the Santo Tomas church in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, in Central America. The Maya practice a hybrid form of Catholicism where they also still practice ancient Mayan traditions.
In the early 1700’s, the Popul Vul, one of only 9 surviving Maya parchments, was found hidden beneath the steps of this church. Everything currently known about ancient Maya astronomy is derived from this parchment. The Spanish burned thousands of Maya papers in San Cristobol de Las Casas, Mexico, around 1525.
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