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  2. Tikal - Wikipedia

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    The Maya area within the Mesoamerican region. Both Tikal and Calakmul lie near the center of the area. The closest large modern settlements are Flores and Santa Elena, approximately 64 kilometers (40 mi) by road to the southwest. [11] Tikal is approximately 303 kilometers (188 mi) north of Guatemala City.

  3. La Corona - Wikipedia

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    La Corona is the name given by archaeologists to an ancient Maya court residence in Guatemala's Petén department that was discovered in 1996, and later identified as the long-sought "Site Q", the source of a long series of unprovenanced limestone reliefs of exceptional artistic quality. The site's Classical name appears to have been Sak-Nikte ...

  4. 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.

  5. Quiriguá - Wikipedia

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    The southern Maya area, showing the locations of Quiriguá and Copán The location of Quiriguá on the Motagua River, with relation to sources of jade. The archaeological site of Quiriguá is named after the nearby village of the same name, [8] and is located a little over 200 km (120 mi) northeast of Guatemala City; [9] it lies in the municipality of Los Amates in the department of Izabal and ...

  6. North Acropolis, Tikal - Wikipedia

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    The North Acropolis of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala is an architectural complex that served as a royal necropolis and was a centre for funerary activity for over 1300 years. The acropolis is located near the centre of the city and is one of the most studied of Maya architectural complexes.

  7. Kaminaljuyu - Wikipedia

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    Enormous obsidian beds lying 20 km northeast of Guatemala City and known as El Chayal (Kakchikel Maya for "obsidian") are long presumed to have been the most important material basis for Kaminaljuyu's ascendance as the greatest polity in the SMA as well as its continuation as the preeminent city in the Southern Maya Area during the Classic ...

  8. Ancient 'Tomb' Unearthed in Guatemala Turns Out to Be ... - AOL

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    Archaeologists have discovered an ancient steam bath that the Maya likely used for religious rituals -- and possibly relaxation -- more than 2,500 years ago. The steam bath, discovered in the ...

  9. Seibal - Wikipedia

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    The ruins of Seibal were probably discovered around 1890 by loggers working for the Hamett Mahogany Company. Federico Arthes, an owner of logging company Arthes and Sons, first reported the existence of the ruins of Saxtanquiqui, the Maya name of the site, in 1892 in a public article for the Guatemala City paper.

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