| Caption | Palenque’s heyday was from 600 to 800 AD. Only 34 of Palenque’s estimated 500 buildings have been excavated. It is not hard to imagine that many of the surrounding forested hills may be temples reclaimed by nature. The lush confines of the site, the intricate stone reliefs and the detailed architectural features make Palenque Mexico’s most scenic and interesting Mayan ruins. View of the Temple of the Count, named after one of Palenque’s more eccentric explorers, Count de Waldeck, who made this structure his home for 2 years while he excited interest in Europe with fraudulent engravings and fabricated fanciful theories of Palenque’s links to Atlantis and Egypt. |
