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Preclassic lates · Mysteria

CategoriesPreclassic lates

Preclassic lates

Every place in the atlas labelled preclassic lates.

Places: 3
Countries: 1
World Heritage: 0

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city

Holmul

Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Snake/Tikal sphere)

Borderland trading city (800 BCE–900 CE) on Holmul River near Belize, famed for Building A 8-m-wide Witz monster stucco frieze (590 BCE La Sufricaya mural earliest Maya mural) on s...

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city

Yaxhá

Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Eastern Petén)

Lacustrine Maya city (600 BCE–900 CE) on north shore of Lake Yaxhá, with 500+ structures: North Acropolis 23 m twin pyramids, Main Plazas, South Acropolis, twin ballcourts, island...

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city

Naranjo

Preclassic–Late Classic · Maya (Saal dynasty)

Aggressive Classic superpower capital Sa'aal (500 BCE–950 CE), 180 m hill above Holmul valley with 19 palaces, hieroglyphic stairway recording 45 star-war defeats by Lady Six Sky,...