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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.