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In 1956 the Tikal project began to map the city on a scale not previously seen in the Maya area. [84] From 1956 through 1970, major archeological excavations were carried out by the University of Pennsylvania Tikal Project. [85] They mapped much of the site and excavated and restored many of the structures. [18]
Tikal National Park is a national park located in Guatemala, in the northern region of the Petén Department. Stretching across 57,600 hectares (220 sq mi), it contains the ancient Mayan city of Tikal and the surrounding tropical forests, savannas, and wetlands. [ 2 ]
The Mundo Perdido (Spanish for "Lost World") is the largest ceremonial complex dating from the Preclassic period at the ancient Maya city of Tikal, in the Petén Department of northern Guatemala. [1] The complex was organised as a large E-Group astronomical complex consisting of a pyramid aligned with a platform to the east that supported three ...
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Tikal Temple I is the designation given to one of the major structures at Tikal, one of the largest cities and archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Mesoamerica. It is located in the Petén Basin region of northern Guatemala .
English: Map of the site core of Tikal, showing the major structures of the Mayan site. Located in Petén, Guatemala. Located in Petén, Guatemala. Español: Mapa del nucleo de Tikal con las estructuras más importantes.
San Bartolo is a small pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located in the Department of Petén in northern Guatemala, northeast of Tikal and roughly fifty miles from the nearest settlement. [1] San Bartolo's fame derives from its splendid Late-Preclassic mural paintings still heavily influenced by Olmec tradition and from examples of early ...
Temple IV at Tikal. Tikal Temple IV is a Mesoamerican pyramid in the ruins of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in modern Guatemala. It was one of the tallest and most voluminous buildings in the Maya world. [1] The pyramid was built around 741 AD. [1] Temple IV is located at the western edge of the site core. [1]