Chiapas - 2005 Tonina The Temple Complex The 1st Level
Our group in front of the Palace of the Underworld (which leads to the labyrinth) on the 1st level of the temple complex at Tonina

  The 1st level includes the Palace of the Underworld, which leads to a labyrinth.  The rest of the 1st level is pretty much ruins.  I do not recall anything else about this level.


According to MAYAS and ZOCQUES Southeastern Mexico: Chiapas, ISBN 798-970-678-031-7, Page 42, (Laura Pescador Canton author), the Mayans started building the Palace of the Underworld around 500 A.D.  The Palace contains 11 vaulted corridors, laid out in a labyrinth shape.  The Palace’s layout is a ritual and symbolic reference to the underworld entrance, a place that the Earth Monster inhabits.