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Altun Ha / ɑː l ˈ t uː n h ɑː / [1] is the name given to the ruins of an ancient Maya city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Belize City and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. The site covers an area of about 8 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi).
Altun Ha lies another 25 km further to the east. The material culture of Chau Hiix shows close ties with both Lamanai and Altun Ha, as well as evidence of interaction with centers in Petén Basin . There are considerable ancient irrigation works at Chau Hiix, so it was probably an agricultural community supplying food for Lamanai.
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.
Augusta Trayana (Roman ruins of modern Stara Zagora) Bacho Kiro cave; Castra Martis; Dionysopolis; Develtos; Diocletianopolis (modern Hisarya) Durankulak lake and island ; Ezero (tell) Heraclea Sintica; Ivanovo Rock-hewn Churches; Kabyle; Kaliakra; Karanovo (tell) Kozarnika cave
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.
Map showing the Toledo District of Belize and its capital Punta Gorda. Nim Li Punit ( /nim li puˈnit/ ) is a Maya Classic Period site in the Toledo District of the nation of Belize , located 50 kilometres north of the town of Punta Gorda , [ 1 ] and directly adjacent to the village of Indian Creek. [ 2 ]
Map shows snow totals as of Wednesday morning, Jan. 22, 2025. / Credit: CBS News The state of Louisiana saw a record-breaking snow total of over 11 inches in the city of Chalmette.
A Mayan temple at the Altun Ha site. The Pre-Columbian Belize history is the period from initial indigenous presence, across millennia, to the first contacts with Europeans - the Pre-Columbian or before Columbus period - that occurred on the region of the Yucatán Peninsula that is present day Belize. Belize's history begins with the Palaeoindians.