Cacaxtla - The Murals Depicting Book of Mormon Scenes

Zoom in on the dates here for when Cacaxtla was founded and it looks like about 100 BC. (Story starts with previous blog "People of Ammon") Notice also that the starting date is 1800 BC with 600 BC being important. The people of Cacaxtla are considered a mix of the Olmecs (origin 1800 BC at the time of the Tower of Babel-Jaradites) and the Xicalancas.  This makes this ruin very important in the context of the Book of Mormon.




The font or bowl structure is at the base of a pyramid on the hill seen across the valley from Cacaxtla at the ruins known as Xochittecatl both near the town of Nativitas. One can only wonder why the font container that is hewn out of solid rock is at the foot of a temple pyramid ... my imaginations pictures it as a possible baptismal font originally even though later it could have been used in some other way later in a religious ceremony as priestcraft began to spread.

The last photo is Cacaxtla as seen from on top of the pyramid at Xochitecatl in the previous photo across the valley The enormity of the roof is hard to fully appreciate. This ruin and hill are more prominent and more strategic for local protection.