Contractor Bulldozes Ancient Mayan Temple -- TO BE USED AS LANDFILL!!!!

A major Mayan Monument had been bulldozed for roadfill aggregate. 7news went to Orange Walk District, near the northern district boundary to find out that Noh Mul – or at least a large part of it – is no more. Jules Vasquez reports.

Noh Mul. it’s name means the Big Hill but it’s not so big any more, this once towering and stout ceremonial center in San Jose/San Pablo has been whittled down to a narrow core by excavators and bulldozers. Whodunnit? Contractors who’re using the rich gravel and limestone content to fill roads in nearby Douglas Village.

The name on the heavy equipment is D-Mar Construction – owned by Denny Grijalva, UDP candidate for Orange Walk Central. Grijalva said he knew nothing about the project and referred us to his foreman who never answered at least a dozen calls we made to him. Then Grijalva said he would be there in twenty minutes, we waited fourty and left – we had been stood up.

Now, this was the main temple, the ceremonial centre for Noh Mul, at about 20 metres among the tallest buildings in Northern Belize – and it’s not centuries old, it’s millennia, thousands of years old and the thought that it’s rich limestone bricks cut with stone tools in the BC era, the thought that this could be used for road fill is a manifest outrage and a particularly painful one for these Archeologists who were called out to the area today. We were there when they first arrived and got their initial emotional reaction:
“This is one of the largest building in Northern Belize. I am appalled! I was hoping that when I was driving up from the main San Juan road that it would not be this one but when I got closer I couldn’t believe it when I saw all the trucks. This is an incredible destruction.” said Dr. Allan Moore – Archaeologist, Institute of Archaeology

He is no stranger to controversy either – after being involved in political voting irregularities ( [link to edition.channel5belize.com]

At the end of the day, this entire temple has been destroyed… the largest Maya structure in Northern Belize has been destroyed by a man who seems to think he is above the law.

[link to www.pasthorizonspr.com]