The Usumacinta River was an important trade route, whose control was for a long time under the largest siege in the region, Black Stones, which has monumental architecture and many steam baths.
Structure P-7 is precisely the largest steam bath known in the entire Mayan World.
The La Pasión River is located in the southwestern part of Petén, and was part of the same western trade route that includes the Usumacinta and Salinas rivers, at whose confluence is the ancient city of Altar of Sacrifice.
This region stands out for a high concentration of cities with extensive inscriptions, being Two Batteries the most important for its hieroglyphic staircases and the highest steles in Petén.
Its twin capital, Aguateca, is located in a strongly defensible place, on one side of an impressive crevice. It has many stelae with inscriptions and an important sample of residences of the nobility and the royal court.
These two cities were violently destroyed at the end of the 8th century AD, marking the beginning of the so-called Classic Maya Collapse.
They then entered into talks about the creation and formation of our first mother and father. Their meat was made from yellow corn and white corn; The man's arms and legs were made from corn dough. Only corn dough entered the flesh of our fathers, the four men who were created.
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