Explore the Maya ruins of Guatemala's northern Petén department
Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old ...
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In Search of the Lost Empire of the Maya
This story appears in the September 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Your National Geographic Society membership helped fund recent excavations at Holmul and La Corona, Guatemala.
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From Head to Toe in the Ancient Maya World
A Late Classic (A.D. 600–900) Maya vase from the Peten region of Guatemala portrays a king and queen (above, center) preparing to perform a ceremonial dance. Both royal figures wear feather ...