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An ancient city hidden by the jungle

This video features Tikal National Park, Petén, Guatemala, one of the largest and most important cities of the ancient Maya civilization. Massive stone pyramids, ceremonial temples, royal palaces, and ...
A short flight from Guatemala City to Flores puts travelers within reach of Tikal. Staying on Lake Petén Itzá turns the trip into a slower journey through jungle, villages and Maya history. This voice ...
Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and algae that the water likely was undrinkable. Researchers from the University of Cincinnati found toxic levels of ...
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Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Today Tikal is a site of expansive Mayan ruins deep in the jungle, in the rainforests of ...
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