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Pre-Columbian sacred sites in Petén, guatemala
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El Ceibal
Sayaxché, Petén, Guatemala
Ceibal sits on forested bluffs above the Pasión River in Petén, Guatemala. It preserves the earliest known formal Maya ceremonial complex, built around 1000 BC, where...
Tikal
Flores, Petén, Guatemala
In the Petén jungle, the towering pyramids of Tikal — Yax Mutal to the Maya — break through an immense canopy....
Uaxactun
Flores, Petén, Guatemala
North of Tikal in the Maya Biosphere Reserve lies Uaxactún — Siaan K'aan, 'Born in Heaven'....
Yaxha
Flores, Petén, Guatemala
Yaxhá — 'blue-green water' — was a major Classic Maya city set between two lakes in the Petén....
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