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Pioneering archeologists started to clear, map and record the ruins in the 1880s. [18] In 1951, a small airstrip was built at the ruins, [16] which previously could only be reached by several days' travel through the jungle on foot or mule. In 1956 the Tikal project began to map the city on a scale not previously seen in the Maya area. [84]
Hansen, Richard D. 2016a The Mirador-Calakmul Cultural and Natural System: A Priceless Treasure in Guatemala and Mexico / El sistema cultural y natural Mirador-Calakmul: Un tesoro invaluable en Guatemala y Mexico. In Mirador: Research and Conservation in the Ancient Kaan Kingdom, edited by Hansen, Richard D. and Suyuc-Ley, Edgar, pp. 9–36.
Quiriguá (Spanish pronunciation: [kiɾiˈɣwa]) is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala.It is a medium-sized site covering approximately 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi) along the lower Motagua River, [2] with the ceremonial center about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the north bank. [3]
Founded in the early 16th century, Antigua was the capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala and its cultural, economic, religious, political and educational centre until a devastating earthquake in 1773. Its principal monuments have been preserved largely as ruins and are an excellent example of Spanish colonial architecture. [4] Maya Site of Copan
Antigua, the capital of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, was founded in the early 16th century. Built 1,500 m above sea-level, in an earthquake-prone region, it was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1773 but its principal monuments are still preserved as ruins.
Piedras Negras is the modern name for an ancient, ruined city of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization located on the north bank of the Usumacinta River in the Petén department of northwestern Guatemala. The Mayan name for the city was Yo'k'ib' ([ˈjoʔkʼib]) or Yokib'.
Miguel Rivera Maestre published some plans and views of the ruins in 1834 in his Atlas del Estado de Guatemala ("Atlas of the State of Guatemala"). [56] American diplomat and writer John Lloyd Stephens described the ruins, which he called Patinamit, after he visited Iximche with English artist Frederick Catherwood and in 1840. [57]
Cancuén was largely ignored until 1967, when students from Harvard University uncovered the ruins of the largest Palace in the Maya world. Its walls are up to 1.8m thick and, with more than 200 rooms and 12 patios, it has more than 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m 2 ).