The archeologist Victor von Hagen called one of Uxmal's buildings, the House of the Governor ... route between the two great Maya sites of Palenque and Tikal. But today it stands in a remote ...

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In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by beautiful greenery, lies Tikal - a once great city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation in the Petén region of Guatemala. It was the ...

Going to war and buying and selling things were important parts of Maya society. Art and architecture were important too. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been ...