Mexico's current large-scale architectural site may be the largest and oldest Mayan site to date (photo)

　　China News Service, June 4th, comprehensive foreign media reported on the 3rd that scientists used aerial remote sensing technology to discover a huge rectangular elevated platform in the state of Tabasco, Mexico. It is said that this building was built between 1000 and 800 BC, or the largest and oldest Mayan ancient civilization ruins known to date.

The picture shows an aerial view of the ancient ruins of the Mayan civilization of Aguadafinix in Tabasco, Mexico.

　　Researchers said on June 3 local time that this site in Mexico is different from the Mayan pyramids that stood in Tikal in Guatemala and Palenque in Mexico. This building is not made of giant stones, but made of mud, which may be used for large-scale sacrificial activities.

　　According to reports, the site, which is about 1,400 meters long, about 400 meters wide, and 10 to 15 meters taller than the surrounding area, is located in Aguada Fenix, not far from the border with Guatemala. Its volume exceeds the pyramid of Giza in ancient Egypt built 1500 years ago.

The picture shows a three-dimensional image of the ancient ruins of the Mayan civilization of Aguadafinix in Tabasco, Mexico.

　　Researchers claim that the newly discovered site does not seem to have a statue of a high-ranking ruler, which indicates that in the early stages of Mayan civilization, people did not yet have identity differences.

　　Archaeologist Zhu Minjian of the University of Arizona, who led the research, said, "From a horizontal perspective, this rectangular site is very large, like a part of the natural landscape, people will not realize that it is rectangular. But through lidar , At a glance." It is said that the research results have been published in the academic journal Nature.

　　According to reports, the Agua Dafinix ruins are connected to nine large causeways and multiple reservoir facilities. The area where they are located is now part of a ranch and other areas are wooded.

　　Ikuta said, "There may be many people living in the surroundings who will gather here at special times." "The ceremony may involve parades along the causeway and activities in the rectangular square. People will also place jade and the like in the center of the platform Symbolic items."