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🇬🇹 Guatemala

🇬🇹 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

Dos Pilas Pyramids (Mud Mound Group)

Maya Late Classic (Tepeu 1–2) · Maya (Petexbatun / Tikal-Calakmul splinter)

Petexbatun fortified capital Dos Pilas (648–761 CE): 18 m twin pyramid Main Plaza encircled by unique double limestone palisade — Classic Maya collapse war laboratory.