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Calakmul (/ ˌ k ɑː l ɑː k ˈ m uː l /; also Kalakmul and other less frequent variants) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Campeche, deep in the jungles of the greater Petén Basin region. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the Guatemalan border.
The Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biósfera de Calakmul) is located at the base of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, in Calakmul Municipality in the state of Campeche, bordering the Guatemalan department of El Petén to the south.
Calakmul (Ox Te' Tuun; Chiik Naab') Campeche, Mexico: Calakmul was one of the two most important Maya cities in the Classic Period, when its rivalry with Tikal dominated the Maya political landscape. The city was already an important city in the Late Preclassic, with dated monuments being erected up to the beginning of the 10th century AD.
Balamku is a small Maya archaeological site located in the Mexican state of Campeche. [1] It features elaborate plaster facades dating to the Early Classic period. [2] It has one of the largest surviving stucco friezes in the Maya world. Balamku was first occupied from around 300 BC. Its most important buildings date from AD 300–600.
The murals were discovered in 2004 during an archaeological research in the building 1 of the Chiik Naab acropolis where a big substructure was found inside constisting of a 12 metres high stepped pyramidal building completely covered by the mural paintings and whose construction is estimated to have been between the years 650 and 700 AD.
The discovery—located in the archaeological zone of Cobá on what is now the eastern side of the Yucatán Peninsula—came from the bottom of what was once a pool. The large stone slab measures ...
Further to the south-west is the major Maya site of Calakmul, in the 7,230 square kilometres (2,790 sq mi) Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Highway 186 was, as of February 2009, undergoing a major refurbishment to a multilane highway that will improve access to the zone.
The area surrounding Xpuhil inside the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, along Federal Highway 186, is rich with other Maya sites, including Becan, Chicanná and Calakmul. The name xpuhil means "cat's tail" in reference to a type of vegetation found locally.