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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.
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Chojolom is a small Maya archaeological site in the western highlands of Guatemala.The site features a number of sculpted stones that are presumed to belong to the Kʼicheʼ Maya culture of the Postclassic Period (approximately AD 900–1520). [2]
The name Piedras Negras means "black stones" in Spanish; in the language of the Classic Maya, the name has been read (in Maya inscriptions) as Yo'k'ib' ([ˈjoʔkʼib]), meaning "great gateway", or "entrance", [3] considered a possible reference to a large (and now dry) sinkhole nearby. [4]
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It is situated in Petén, Guatemala. The project does not only work in one archaeological site, but in a region of 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi) including three gigantic sites and 14 sub-centers – the most populated area of the Classic period of the Maya civilization.
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The government of Guatemala declared the Candelaria Caves national park in 1999. After long battles with the government the local Q'eqchi' people gained the management of tourism in the caves through their “Association Maya Q'eqchi Development and Tourism of Candelaria-Camposanto”. [ 5 ]