El Pet茅n
The imposing Palacio A-XVIII affords the most panoramic view of the site from its summit. It's located on a path leading back to the village from behind Palacio V, located on the east side of the city's main square in Grupo A.
Grupo A is a 20-minute walk to the northwest of the airstrip.
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Buried within the furthest reaches of the Pet茅n jungle, just 7km south of the Mexican border, the Late Preclassic metropolis at El Mirador contains one of鈥
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This impressive sight is also impressively hard to get to, requiring 4x4-only driving or horses. Nakum was a significant port on the Holmul river, a鈥
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The Classic Maya sites of Yaxha虂, Nakum and El Naranjo form a triangle that is the basis for a national park covering more than 37,000 hectares and鈥
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Templo I, the Templo del Gran Jaguar (Temple of the Grand Jaguar), was built to honor 鈥 and bury 鈥 Ah Cacao. The king may have worked out the plans for鈥
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About 400m southwest of the Gran Plaza is El Mundo Perdido (Lost World), a complex of 38 structures with a huge pyramid in its midst, thought to be鈥
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Templo IV, at 65m, is the highest building at Tikal and the second-highest pre-Columbian building known in the western hemisphere, after La Danta at El鈥
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The Acropolis del Norte predates the nearby temples significantly. Archaeologists have uncovered about 100 different structures, the oldest of which dates鈥
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The most striking feature of Tikal is its towering, steep-sided temples, rising to heights of more than 44m, but what distinguishes it is its jungle鈥
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About a 20-minute walk to the northwest of the airstrip are Grupo B and Grupo A, the latter featuring the more formidable structures around the city's鈥
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The collection on display here, on the north side of the airstrip, holds a remarkable wealth of Maya pottery from Uaxact煤n, Yaxha虂 and as far away as鈥
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The most significant temple in Grupo E, Templo E-VII-Sub is among the earliest intact temples excavated at the site, with foundations going back perhaps鈥
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This is the tallest and possibly the oldest of a set of temples at Grupo E. Archaeologists date the structure to around 400 BC. Standing north of the鈥
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One of several temples located in Grupo E, a 10- to 15-minute walk from the airstrip, between the Catholic and Evangelical churches on the right side鈥
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This is the middle of three temples that together form an astronomical observatory at Grupo E. Viewed from Templo E-VII-Sub, the sun sets behind Templo E鈥
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One of several temples located in Grupo E, a 10- to 15-minute walk from the airstrip, between the Catholic and Evangelical churches on the right side鈥