🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
El Porvenir (Maya site)
El Porvenir is the modern name for a ruined city of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization located in the Petén department of Guatemala.
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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock art
El Baul
Late Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE – 800 CE) · Cotzumalhuapa
El Baul in Escuintla, Guatemala is a Late Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE – 800 CE) rock art attributed to Cotzumalhuapa culture. Cotzumalhuapa core with Bilbao, El Baúl, El Castillo.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock art
San Bartolo
Late Preclassic (400 BCE – 200 CE) · Maya (Preclassic)
San Bartolo in Petén, Guatemala is a Late Preclassic (400 BCE – 200 CE) rock art attributed to Maya (Preclassic) culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Iximche Alt
Late Postclassic (1470 – 1524 CE) · Kaqchikel Maya
Iximche Alt in Chimaltenango, Guatemala is a Late Postclassic (1470 – 1524 CE) ancient city attributed to Kaqchikel Maya culture.
🇬🇹 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...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock art
Bilbao Cotzumalhuapa
Middle to Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) · Cotzumalhuapa
Bilbao Cotzumalhuapa in Escuintla, Guatemala is a Middle to Late Classic (400 – 800 CE) rock art attributed to Cotzumalhuapa culture.
🇬🇹 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...
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Piedras Negras
Late Classic 400–830 CE (peak 608–808 CE, Dynasty of Piedras Negras 7 lords) · Maya (Yo’k’ib / Piedras Negras kingdom, western Petén)
Largest Classic Maya city on Guatemala's Usumacinta north bank (1,000+ structures, pyramid temples 20 m high) famous for epigraphy: Tatiana Proskouriakoff here invented phonetic Maya glyph…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Q'umarkaj (Utatlán) Twin Pyramids
Maya Postclassic Late · Maya K'iche' Quiché
K'iche' empire capital Q'umarkaj (Utatlán) 1400–1524 CE: hilltop plaza with Temple of Tohil 12 m pyramid and 23 palaces, Popol Vuh city burned 1524.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park
The Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park (Triángulo Cultural in Spanish) is a multidisciplinary project involving archaeologists, architects, restaurateurs, and biologists.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Chitinamit
Chitinamit (or Chitinamit-Chujuyup) is an archeological site of the Maya civilization in the highlands of Guatemala. It has been identified as Jakawitz, the first capital of the K'iche' Maya.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Submerged site
Sunken City off Valley Fort
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Sunken City off Valley Fort in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) submerged city attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
La Blanca
Maya Late Classic 450–850 CE · Maya (Mopán / southeastern Petén)
100-m palace Acropolis with throne rooms, 450–850 CE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Ridge Grotto Höyük
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ridge Grotto Höyük in Petén, Guatemala is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Kirk Dock Ancient City
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Kirk Dock Ancient City in Petén, Guatemala is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Convent Burial Mound
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Archaeological wonder
La Blanca, San Marcos (archaeological site)
Maya civilization
La Blanca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in present-day La Blanca, San Marcos Department, western Guatemala.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Mirador — South Group Second Site
Late Preclassic Mirador 300 BCE–150 CE · Maya (Preclassic Mirador Basin)
Southern satellite of Preclassic supersite: 18 m triadic pyramid and 1.8 m Ajaw stucco mask cache with causeway.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Rock art
Narrow Midfield Rock Shelter
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Narrow Midfield Rock Shelter in Petén, Guatemala is a Moche (100–800 CE) rock art attributed to Moche culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Megalith
Dolmen de Glen Spur
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Dolmen de Glen Spur in Petén, Guatemala is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Roman culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Nakbe Structure 1
Early to Middle Preclassic 1400–400 BCE (Mamom), latest major 300 BCE · Maya (Mirador Basin early Preclassic)
Centerpiece of Nakbe East Group: Structure 1 is 45 m high Triadic pyramid dating to 1000 BCE early Mamom, with massive stucco masks 5 m wide on first tier.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Mirador La Danta
Late Classic · Maya
Giant Preclassic Maya pyramid La Danta at El Mirador (300 BCE) 72 m high (170 m with platform) 2800×1900 m base platform, largest pyramid volume in Maya.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
La Sufricaya (Holmul)
Early-Late Classic 600–650 CE, Holmul dynasty Teotihuacan influence · Maya (Holmul)
Vaulted mural building 1 km west of Holmul Group I containing 7 m-long polychrome mural c.600 CE depicting 8 royal figures with Teotihuacan-linked toponyms and Holmul-Tikal dynastic conflict.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
La Blanca Acropolis – Mopán Valley
Classic · Maya/Andean
La Blanca — Mopán River vaulted acropolis.