🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Q'umarkaj
Classic · Maya/Andean
Q'umarkaj — K'iche' capital with Temple of Tohil.
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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
La Blanca, Peten
La Blanca is a Maya pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in the municipality of Melchor de Mencos in the northern Petén Department of Guatemala.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
El Chal
El Chal is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located in the upper San Juan River valley of the southeastern Petén Basin region, Guatemala.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Arroyo de Piedra
Arroyo de Piedra is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in Guatemala located approximately 2-3 km east/northeast of Dos Pilas and 3 km west of Tamarindito.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Yaxha North Acropolis
Late Preclassic to Late Classic (350 BCE – 900 CE) · Maya (Yaxha)
Yaxha North Acropolis in Petén, Guatemala is a Late Preclassic to Late Classic (350 BCE – 900 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Yaxha) culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
El Mirador
Middle Preclassic to Early Classic (600 BCE – 150 CE) · Maya (Mirador Basin)
El Mirador in Petén, Guatemala is a Middle Preclassic to Early Classic (600 BCE – 150 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Mirador Basin) culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Mirador Danta Pyramid North Platform
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
El Mirador Danta Pyramid North Platform in Petén, El Mirador, Guatemala is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Waka
Early Classic to Late Classic (500 – 800 CE) · Maya (Wak Kab'nal)
Waka in Petén, Guatemala is a Early Classic to Late Classic (500 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Wak Kab'nal) culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Cancuen
Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) · Maya (Cancuen – Pasión port)
Cancuen in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala is a Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Cancuen – Pasión port) culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
La Corona
Early to Late Classic (520 – 790 CE) · Maya (Kaanul vassal)
La Corona in Petén, Guatemala is a Early to Late Classic (520 – 790 CE) ancient city attributed to Maya (Kaanul vassal) culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Dos Pilas
Late Classic · Maya (Petexbatun)
Petexbatun war capital (629–761 CE) — Tikal breakaway dynastic citadel with 40-m El Duende pyramid and trench walls.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
San Bartolo — Las Pinturas Pyramid and Temple of the Murals (Petén, Guatemala)
Preclassic (1000 BCE–250 CE), Late Preclassic 400–100 BCE · Maya (Lowland Preclassic)
Revolutionary Preclassic centre (400 BCE–200 CE) with 7-m-tall Late Preclassic murals — earliest Maya polychrome mythology preserved inside 10 m-high Las Pinturas pyramid (90x60 m base) beneath later…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Mixco Viejo Alt
Early to Late Postclassic (1100 – 1524 CE) · Pocomam Maya
Mixco Viejo Alt in Chimaltenango, Guatemala is a Early to Late Postclassic (1100 – 1524 CE) ancient city attributed to Pocomam Maya culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Zotz — El Diablo Pyramid and Royal Acropolis (Petén, Guatemala)
Preclassic to Late Classic (300 BCE–750 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland, Tikal adversary)
Steep ridge-top Early Classic royal acropolis (c.300 BCE–750 CE, zenith 350–550 CE) 7 km west of Tikal's enemy El Zotz main group, dominated by 30 m high Diablo Pyramid (terraced platform with summit…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Ixcun
Preclassic–Classic · Maya (Ixcun stela cult)
Dolores valley stela city (600 BCE–900 CE) near Guatemalan-Belize border with 8 photogenic carved stela altars including Stela 1 3.2 m tall — tallest Petén north stela with 9.16.0....
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Bilbao (Mesoamerican site)
Bilbao is a Mesoamerican archaeological site about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the modern town of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Nakum
Preclassic–Terminal Classic · Maya (Holmul valley)
Strategic acropolis city (600 BCE–950 CE) 18 km north of Yaxhá on Holmul River terrace, with Temple V 40-m pyramid, North Acropolis triadic group, Central Plaza and South Acropolis...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Zaculeu (Saqulew) Step Pyramids
Maya Late Classic to Postclassic Contact · Maya Mam (Huehuetec)
Mam capital Zaculeu (Saqulew) hilltop citadel 5th–1525 CE: 12.3 m Structure 1 step-pyramid plaza, seven pyramid plazas with wall-ditch, over-restored 1940s debated.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Cancuén Palace-Pyramid City
Maya Classic (Late Classic palace) · Maya (Highland-Pasión portage traders)
Maya water-palace city Cancuén (400–800 CE): 230×150 m largest Maya palace (170 rooms) with attached shrine-pyramids on Pasión River, sacked c.800 CE with elite massacre in cistern.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Yaxhá — Plaza C North Pyramid and Lakeside Pyramids (Petén, Guatemala)
Preclassic to Late Classic (600 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Yaxhá–Naranjo rivalry)
Major Petén lakeside Maya city (600 BCE–900 CE) between Yaxhá and Sacnab lakes, rival to Naranjo, covering 3 km² with 9 pyramids.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Nakum Acropolis Pyramids
Maya Classic to Postclassic · Maya Nakum polity
Holmul River city Nakum (250–1200 CE): 15 m Acropolis Building 99 palace-pyramid and triadic Group East, Postclassic stela plaza — rare Terminal Classic continuity.
🇬🇹 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,...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
La Amelia
Maya civilization
La Amelia is a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site near Itzan, in the lower Pasión River region of the Petén Department of Guatemala.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
La Corona (Sak Nikte') Pyramids
Maya Late Classic · Maya Sak Nikte' under Calakmul Kanul
Former looters' Site Q identified as Sak Nikte' (La Corona) 658–835 CE: 14 m Main Plaza pyramid and returned Hieroglyphic Stairway panels of Calakmul dynastic wars.