Bonampak is close to Palenque, and tour operators offer the opportunity for people to travel from Palenque to Bonampak and nearby Yaxchilan.Bonampak means "painted walls",is a Classic Period Maya site, located in the modern state of Chiapas, along the Usumacinta river. It is most notable for the magnificent murals discovered. (A.D. 580 to 800).This site has been hidden away in the jungle for longer than most: not until the mid 1940s did some American explorers discover the place but Bonampak was really rediscovered in 1946.
The Temple of the Murals is a long narrow building with 3 rooms atop a low-stepped pyramid base. The interior walls preserve the finest examples of classic Maya painting
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