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It was created on 26 May 1955 under the auspices of the Instituto de Antropología e Historia and was the first protected area in Guatemala. [16] The ruins lie among the tropical rainforests of northern Guatemala that formed the cradle of lowland Maya civilization.
Maya sites in Guatemala (2 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Archaeological sites in Guatemala" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
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.
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]
Yaxha (or Yaxhá in Spanish orthography) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site in the northeast of the Petén Basin in modern-day Guatemala.As a ceremonial centre of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Yaxha was the third largest city in the region and experienced its maximum power during the Early Classic period (c. AD 250–600).
The Tayasal archaeological site is situated on a peninsula on Lake Petén Itzá a short distance to the north of the modern town of Flores, [3] separated from it by a 270-metre (890 ft) wide stretch of water, [4] and falls within the municipality of Flores, in the department of Petén in northern Guatemala. [5]
Map of Lake Petén Itzá, showing the location of Motul de San José near the northern shore. Motul de San José lies within a dense cluster of smaller satellite sites. [14] It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) to the southwest of the major Classic Period ruins of Tikal. [15] The site is about 275 kilometres (171 mi) north of Guatemala City.
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 ...