Acanceh: Faces of Gods

[@tannerharlow4976]

Absolutely amazing and informative as always! Made my weekend that much better as always excited to see a new pyramid review video notification

[@DastardlyTongs]

your best video so far! great editing and gripping intro. history is alive! you're living in it right now!

[@pyramidreview8664]

Wow, thank you!

[@stonedmagician8234]

Thank you for the informative videos!

[@Notwokeorbroke]

Amazing video!

[@pyramidreview8664]

Glad you think so! Many more to come.

[@CaesarSneezy]

Enjoying your evolving editing skills

[@jeffreyforeman5031]

great work again

[@jeffreyforeman5031]

it seems that teotihucan influenced Acanceh. Is this because they had a more dominant society. Who influenced teotihucan?

[@pyramidreview8664]

@@jeffreyforeman5031 Teotihuacan was a large empire and they invaded the Maya lands and conquered many important cities in the year 378.They new dynasties and imported new art and religious ideas from centeal Mexico. They themselves were a complex society that included many groups from around Mesoamerica, including the Otomi, the Zapotecs, and the people of Cuicuilco. Check out my videos about Cuicuilco, Teotihuacan, San Jose Mogote, and Monte Alban for more info about them.

[@TheDistur]

Pretty cool how they evolved over time.

[@dutchreagan3676]

Wow, great video. Also the 'background story. If you're interested, I visited Guachimontones yesterday and have some pix I like to share. I don't so FB or Insta. I also have some more info on Yaxcaba that I think you'll find interesting.(Incl an earlier version of C-I's 'Castillo'). I don't have the means to make (good) videos but perhaps you can use some of this in a future release. Great work!

[@pyramidreview8664]

Cool, that sounds very interesting! Please send them to [e-mail]

[@dutchreagan3676]

@@pyramidreview8664 Will do. Lert me find the 'right' pictures and you'll see them coming from a dinosaur-account. (AOL). There's an 'x' in my last name; you'll be surprised by the location. They are safe to open. All the best.

[@Nezferatu]

The modern name for the town has been changed a good deal, the original was Áakamkéej. The cry is not as in weep (ok'ol) but the sound made of something in pain, like a groan (áakam). Kéej means deer. Áakamkéejilen still means "I am from Acanceh". Thanks for your series, it highlights how much you can get out of the many archaeological sites that haven't become overrun by tourists.

[@pyramidreview8664]

@@Nezferatu I know enough to know that I am just scratching the surface

[@nathaliocaplan1493]

I love the hats. Well traveled. Look into the archeological site and museum of San Pedro Nexicho and if you get out to Oaxaca look me up and we can go to some pyramids few people know are there in the middle of everything

[@pyramidreview8664]

It’s already on my map! I have a few other things to see in Oaxaca, one day I will return

[@georgebrown362]

How r ur sketching skills I’d love to see what your interpretation of the original design looked like with the rooms built on or in the pyramid. It looks like there’s quite a few rooms there

[@pyramidreview8664]

Hmm... I will definitely consider it. I'm not a terrible artist but not great. I do like to do whatever I can to make sites come alive though. I will consider it for some other sites though, good idea.

[@georgebrown362]

@@pyramidreview8664 it could be a bit of fun!

[@CaesarSneezy]

So wild that these people were so into building pyramids that they were building pyramids around their old pyramids

[@pyramidreview8664]

the only thing better than a pyramid is another bigger pyramid with that other one inside it

[@dutchreagan3676]

@@pyramidreview8664 I second that emotion with a twist. At Chalakmul last year and another guy started the climb about the same time as me. If you don't know the site and you don't know this pyramid a bit...., you can't 'see' that second pyramid behind it. You should have seen him when he realized he was only about halfway.

[@RobertoAyalaFotografo]

The universe working here mirroring the cat on your shirt in real life. Minute 02:34

[@pyramidreview8664]

@@RobertoAyalaFotografo That was my thought as well