Deep among Guatemala's northern rainforests is the Tikal complex of Mayan ruins. A Mayan city known as Yax Mutal, the capital ...

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Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

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the city of their most hated enemy. Just as Tikal dominated the Maya lowlands for centuries, it has dominated Maya archaeology since the 1950s. The sprawling city once had a population approaching ...

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Going to war and buying and selling things were important parts of Maya society. Art and architecture were important too. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been ...

Immerse yourself as you explore this ancient city, marvelling at the grandeur ... you will head into the heart of ancient Maya civilisation at Tikal. Evidence of habitation in this area dates ...