Lux Esoterica (Nifiluz)

The Lost City of the Petén Deep in the northern Petén jungle of Guatemala, near the border with Mexico, lies one of the most colosal and least accessible ruins of the ancient Mayan world. El Mirador was the capital of a massive preclassic Mayan kingdom that flourished between 600 before the common era and 150 of the common era, long before the classic cities of Tikal and Palenque reached their zenith. The scale of El Mirador is staggering: the city covers over ten square miles, containing thousands of structures, including the two massive temple complexes of El Tigre and La Danta . The pyramid of La Danta is one of the most voluminosas structures of the ancient world, rising 236 feet from the forest floor and containing a total volume of 2.8 million cubic meters of stone and plaster. For centuries, the city remained completely hidden beneath the canopy of the rain forest, accessible only by a multi-day foot trek through the swamps, its giant structures appearing as natural hill...