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2. Maya ruins of Belize - Wikipedia

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   Maya ruins of Xunantunich. The Maya ruins of Belize [1] [2] include a number of well-known and historically important pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites. Belize is considered part of the southern Maya lowlands of the Mesoamerican culture area, and the sites found there were occupied from the Preclassic (2000 BCE–200 CE) until and after the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century.

3. Xunantunich - Wikipedia

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   Xunantunich (Mayan pronunciation: [ʃunanˈtunitʃ]) is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border – which is 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west. [1]

4. Nohmul - Wikipedia

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   The name Nohmul may be translated as "great mound" in Yucatec Maya. [1] It is the most important Maya site in northern Belize. [2] The site included a large pyramid, about 17 meters (56 ft) tall, [3] built around 250 BC. Most of the pyramid was destroyed in May 2013 by contractors tearing it apart for rocks and gravel to use to fill roads ...

5. List of Mesoamerican pyramids - Wikipedia

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   The Pyramids and surrounding complex were built to house priests, along with serving as a burial ground. These are the only Otomi pyramids we currently know of. Caracol. Belize Caana Maya: 43 A triadic pyramid, Caana is the highest man-made structure in Belize Caracol. Belize Temple of the Wooden Lintel Maya: Lamanai. Belize High Temple: Maya: 33

6. List of Maya sites - Wikipedia

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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.

7. Lamanai - Wikipedia

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   The Maya ruins of Lamanai once belonged to a sizable Maya city in the Orange Walk District of Belize. "Lamanai" comes from the Maya term for "submerged crocodile", a nod to the toothy reptiles who live along the banks of the New River. Lamanai Belize jungle brims with exotic birds and hydrophilic iguanas.