🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Q'umarkaj
Classic · Maya/Andean
Q'umarkaj — K'iche' capital with Temple of Tohil.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Tikal Mundo Perdido
Classic · Maya/Andean
Tikal Mundo Perdido — Teotihuacan enclave.
🇬🇹 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
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 · 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
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 · 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.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Ceibal — Seibal Pyramid A-3 and Observatory
Middle Preclassic to Terminal Classic (900 BCE–950 CE), apogee 650–890 CE · Maya — Ceibal-Petexbatun kingdom, Mexican influenced late
Bluff-top city 27 km east of Dos Pilas, excavated 1964–68 then by Inomata, famous for Structure A-3 atop A-II substructure (Late Preclassic cruciform E-Group) with four stairways each with stela…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Perú-Waka' Pyramids
Maya Classic · Maya Waka' kingdom (Calakmul ally)
Maya royal city Waka' (El Perú) above San Juan River: 18 m Stela Plaza north pyramid, tomb of Lady K'abel (Stela 34) Kalakmul queen, 250–900 CE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Xultun — Los Arboles Pyramid and Acropolis (Petén, Guatemala)
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland)
Massive Classic Maya city 16 km NE of San Bartolo (400 BCE–900 CE) with 5 km² settlement and 35 m-high Lost World pyramid (12H3, 50x20 m base, 26 m high, 5 phases).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Naranjo (Sa'al) Pyramids
Maya Classic (Late Classic apogee) · Maya (Sa'al kingdom)
Classic Maya capital Sa'al (Naranjo) hilltop city: 32 m triadic Acropolis pyramid, hieroglyphic stairways of Lady Six Sky's wars with Tikal/Calakmul 500 BCE–950 CE.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Uaxactún Group E Observatory (E-Group)
Middle Preclassic to Late Classic (1000 BCE–900 CE; E-Group 600–300 BCE) · Maya (Preclassic then Tikal sphere)
Type-site of Mesoamerican E-Group solar observatory: western radial pyramid E-VII (Late Preclassic 500 BCE) aligning via three eastern platforms to sunrise solstices/equinoxes, deliberate horizon…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Yaxhá Pyramids
Preclassic 1000 BCE – Late Classic 900 CE; peak 600–900 CE · Maya (Yaxhá kingdom)
Major Late Classic lakeside Maya city 237 structures and 40 stelae on Yaxhá Lake isthmus: Twin North Acropolis, East Acropolis triadic Temple 216 (26 m high, painted red, largest in Yaxhá, second…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Quarry
Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) quarry attributed to Andean Formative culture.