Bonampak

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** Bonampak ** ** By: Monica Wornall **  ** Mrs.DeBlock   ** ** 4/25/08 **  I’m going to tell you about a monument in Mexico called, Bonampak. Did you know that the word Bonampak means “painted walls” ? Bonampak is a flat topped pyramid   Constructed by the Mayan people, Bonampak has a lot of Mexican history. Bonampak has three rooms, in each one there is a mural painted on the wall. It is made of mostly made of lime stone or any other stone found close to the city. Bonampak looks very old and run down. Many stones in the monument are cracked, but that makes it look very nice. To create it, the Mayan people had to carry the material on their back or roll the stone and other materials no logs to the construction site. There would be hundreds of people working on it at the same time. The monument is built on the border of Guatemala it covers 2.5 square miles, Bonampak has a lot of Mayan history, let me tell you about some. Bonampak is located in the Lacandon jungle in Chiapas. The last known ruler of Bonampak was Chuan Muuan. He also helped designed it. Bonampak was built because of its defensive location and the very rich farmland that surrounds it. It was built in 300 AD – 400 AD a few decades later it was abandoned in 600 AD. There are three rooms with cultural murals in them. Each one tells something about the Mayan people, a war or something special that happened to them. There’s one with an orchestra, with wooden instruments as well. There’s also a room with a mural of and the ruler taking captives and sacrificing them one by one. It is said that the Mayan have one the war in the second room. Nobody really knows what the paintings are all about. They say the paintings date back to 500 AD. The interior walls are the finest example of Mayan paintings. The paintings attract at least 100 tourists a year. It is well known for the murals on the inside. Lots of people visit this monument. There are more visitors from Mexico than from any other country just because it hard to get there. There are no houses near by because the land can not be bought. People have to pay to get to get inside and there is no flash photography. It might fade the murals. Bonampak sounds like a wonderful place to visit. I would hope to visit Bonampak. I hope you enjoyed my report on Bonampak.  Bibliography [|WWW.Grolier.com]  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">[|www.wikipedia.com/wiki/bonampak] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">[|www.travelchiapias.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Images <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">The Google search engine  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">[|www.google.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">