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Calakmul's Stela 88 stands upon the stairway of Structure 13. Calakmul is a modern name; according to Cyrus L. Lundell, who named the site, in Maya, ca means "two", lak means "adjacent", and mul signifies any artificial mound or pyramid, so Calakmul is the "City of the Two Adjacent Pyramids". [2]
Houston was founded in 1857 [6] and was named after Sam Houston. [7] [8]During the Civil War, Houston was sometimes defended by units of the 5th Missouri State Militia. [9]The Arthur W. and Chloe B. Cole House, Houston High School, and Houston Ranger Station Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The area surrounding Xpuhil inside the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, along Federal Highway 186, is rich with other Maya sites, including Becan, Chicanná and Calakmul. The name xpuhil means "cat's tail" in reference to a type of vegetation found locally. A detailed look at the face on the rear of the middle tower of Structure I.
Pyramid at El Mirador. El Mirador (which translates as "the lookout", "the viewpoint", or "the belvedere") is a large pre-Columbian Middle and Late Preclassic (1000 BC – 250 AD) Maya settlement, located in the north of the modern department of El Petén, Guatemala. It is part of the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin of northern Guatemala. [1]
Balamku is located 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of the ruins of the great Maya city of Calakmul, approximately the same distance west of Becan, 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Xpujil and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of the ruins of Nadzca'an. [3] The ruins lie upon a poorly drained karstic plateau. [4]
In October 2012, the suspected tomb and remains of an important Maya queen were discovered at El Perú.Excavations led by David Freidel of Washington University in St. Louis uncovered a tomb in the city's main pyramid temple and it was identified as belonging to Lady K’abel, the military ruler of the Wak kingdom between 672 and 692 AD. [4]
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Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: Óoxmáal [óˑʃmáˑl]) is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico.It is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture, along with Palenque, Chichen Itza and Calakmul in Mexico, Caracol and Xunantunich in Belize, and Tikal in Guatemala.