00:00When the Mayan peoples were still around, their empire was magnificent.
00:08Some historians estimate that at the height of their civilization,
00:11amongst their great cities in Mexico could have lived some 10 million people.
00:15Obviously, the Mayans aren't around anymore.
00:17But now, archaeologists from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology
00:21are looking to restore this ancient building to its former glory.
00:24This is an ancient Mayan temple located in Xibalxaltún in Mexico.
00:28It's a 40-foot-tall structure that was first excavated a number of years ago.
00:32Archaeologists say this was a temple built exclusively for high-ranking individuals,
00:36likely the rulers of the city.
00:38And it contains upwards of around 50 rooms, sunken patios, and porticos.
00:42But they expect to find more.
00:44This city was one of the largest human settlements in the world between the years 770 and 880 AD.
00:49Currently, the building sits at around 70% restored, according to the experts.
00:53But they're looking to fully restore it in the coming months.
00:58In the coming months of this study, we have to go to the center points to the staff.
01:01Where do you find the areas that you can study?
01:02The State for Leone Room is a little bit easier.
01:03The state of the city may be the most powerful and personal intelligence,
01:05where they've been on the right to the center points.
01:06A significant number of years for the state of the town.
01:08The city may have been on the right to the center points.
01:10In the right to the center points, the safe and local vein,
01:12have the presence of the city.
01:13With the city of the town, the state of the town is a large-ranking animal.
01:16There are no different-ranking animal.
01:18From the city of the town, the state of the town is a large-ranking animal.
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