Joya de Ceren
San Juan Opico, El Salvador
Joya de Ceren is a Maya farming village in western El Salvador that was buried by volcanic ash around AD 600 and…
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Maya ruins and sites to visit
The Maya built city-states across the Yucatán Peninsula, the rainforest of Guatemala and Belize and the hills of Chiapas, Honduras and El Salvador from before 1000 BC, reaching their height in the Classic period, about AD 250 to 900. Their sites show stepped temple-pyramids, palaces round plazas, ball courts, carved stelae and lintels with hieroglyphic texts, and stucco masks; at Bonampak painted murals survive.
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Yaxuna
Yaxcabá, Mexico
Yaxuna is a Maya city in central Yucatan, about 20 km south-west of Chichen Itza, that was lived in from the Middle…
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Balamku
Calakmul, Mexico
Balamku is a small Maya site in the forest of southern Campeche, about 50 km north of Calakmul, discovered only in…
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Cahal Pech
San Ignacio, Belize
Cahal Pech is a Maya hilltop palace complex on the edge of San Ignacio in western Belize, with 34 structures arranged…
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Chicanna
Xpujil, Mexico
Chicanna is a small Maya site in southern Campeche, famous for a temple whose doorway is carved as the gaping mouth of…
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El Pilar
San Ignacio, Belize
El Pilar is the largest Maya city in the Belize River area, a forested ruin straddling the border with Guatemala 12 km…
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El Rey Ruins, Cancun
Cancún, Mexico
El Rey is the largest Maya site on the island of Cancun, a group of 47 low temples, platforms and houses set between…
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Kinich Kakmo Pyramid, Izamal
Izamal, Mexico
Kinich Kakmo is a Maya pyramid in the centre of Izamal, in Yucatan, rising about 40 metres above the streets of the…
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San Andres
Ciudad Arce, El Salvador
San Andres is a Maya ceremonial centre in the Zapotitan valley, about 32 km west of San Salvador, that ruled the valley…
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Sayil
Oxkutzcab, Mexico
Sayil is a Maya city of the Puuc hills in Yucatan, south of Uxmal, best known for its Great Palace, a three-level…
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