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Pre-Columbian sacred sites in Guatemala
Explore 7 Pre-Columbian sacred places in Guatemala, with mapped locations and detailed site guides.
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Abaj Takalik
El Asintal, Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Tak'alik Ab'aj is a Preclassic city in Guatemala's Pacific piedmont, inscribed by UNESCO in 2023....
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...
Kaminaljuyu
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Guatemala
Kaminaljuyu was the greatest city of the southern Maya highlands in the Preclassic, its name meaning Hill of the Dead....
Quirigua
Finca Quirigua D.M., Izabal, Guatemala
Quiriguá, in Guatemala's lower Motagua valley, holds the tallest carved stone monuments of the ancient Maya world....
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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