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Name: | Zona Arqueológica de Tikal |
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State: | El Petén |
Country: | Guatemala |
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Focus: | At least 3,000 structures, temples, and courtyard groups, of which the Central and North Acropolis served the residential area for the nobility;
Temple 1/Temple of the Grand Jaguar: burial monument for the ruler Hasaw Chan K’awil; K’awil’s tomb and treasures of jade, pearls, seashells,
and stingray spines; Temple 2/Temple of the Masks; Stelae in the front of the North Acropolis |
Source: | Eltringham, Peter, John Fisher, and Iain Stewart. The Rough Guide to the Maya World.
2nd ed. London: Rough Guides Ltd, 2001. 463.
Grube, Nikolai. Ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rainforest. Cologne, Konemann, 2000. 448. |