With its plethora of palaces, altars, shrines, and soaring temples, Tikal may be the premier Maya site. For over 1,100 years, the Maya built here, expanding the site until it covered an area of 25 ...

Huge pyramids and regal temples characterize this impressive ... such as the surrounding Maya Biosphere Reserve and Tikal National Park, one of the few world heritage sites ascribed the title ...

This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called ...

This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called ...

The decline of the Maya civilization ... of the early city of Tikal in the Peten region, where, the archaeologist believes, harmony governs a space of prominent pyramidal temples that stretch ...

It was the largest urban centre in the southern Mayan lowlands , 19 ... of major pyramids and temples, in the Late Formative years (300-100 BCE). Tikal’s prime however came in the Late Classic ...

and temples filled with expressive bas-relief sculptures set Palenque apart from other Maya sites in Mexico, and it even rivals the grandeur of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala. Its secrets have been ...