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The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the Maya Region of southern Mesoamerica, which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eastwards, including the entire Yucatán Peninsula.
Tikal (/ t i ˈ k ɑː l /; Tik'al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, [2] found in a rainforest in Guatemala. [3] It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Tikal National Park: Petén Department. Mixed (i) (iii) (iv) (ix) (x) 1979 In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by lush vegetation, lies one of the major sites of Mayan civilization, inhabited from the 6th century B.C. to the 10th century A.D.
The city was finally razed when it was conquered in 1697. [59] Juan Galindo, governor of Petén, described the ruins of the Postclassic city of Topoxte in 1834. [59] Modesto Méndez, a later governor of Petén, published a description of the ruins of the once great city of Tikal in 1848. [59]
Guatemala El Tigre Maya: 55 300 BCE to 100 CE El Puente. Honduras Structure 1 Maya: 12 600 BCE- 900 CE Religious temple Mixco Viejo. Guatemala Maya: 1100 to 1500 CE Tikal. Guatemala Maya: 47 Copán. Honduras Maya: Copán has several overlapping step-pyramids. Becán. Mexico Structure IX Maya: 42 Bonampak. Mexico The Temple of the Murals Maya ...
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua: Izabal Department, Guatemala: i, ii, iv (cultural) — 1981 Quiriguá is an ancient Maya archaeological site that flourished during the Late Classic. The ruins of the site contain outstanding carved stelae and sculpted calendars.
The structure is a funerary temple associated with Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I, a Classic Period ruler of the polity based at Tikal, who ruled from AD 682–734. [4] The tomb of this ruler has been located by archaeologists deep within the structure, [5] the tomb having been built first with the temple being raised over it.
2 Ancient cities and important ruins. ... Guatemala City: 1,221,739 Guatemala: 2 Villa Nueva: ... List of national parks of Guatemala;