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Quiriguá Archaeological Site Travel Guide
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Quiriguá Archaeological Site Travel Guide Welcome to the Quiriguá Archaeological Site Travel Guide, your comprehensive resource for exploring one of Guatemala’s most remarkable historical treasures. Quiriguá, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, showcases the grandeur of the ancient Maya civilization, with the tallest and most intricately carved stelae in the Maya world. This guide offers…
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Ceibal Archaeological Park
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Ceibal, one of the region’s most essential and monumental cities, is located in the Maya lowlands’ tropical rainforest in southern Petén, on the banks of the La Pasión River. This city was named after the numerous kapok trees found there (called Ceiba in Spanish), and one can still admire the fine and well-preserved temples…
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Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo
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Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo is an extensive park that shelters four different Maya cities –Yaxhá, Nakum, Naranjo, and the Island of Topoxté. The park is also declared a wetland of global significance and is home to a great variety of migratory birds. The ancient city of Yaxhá, located on the banks of the Sacnab and Yaxhá lagoons,…
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Tikal National Park
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UNESCO declared Tikal National Park a World Heritage Site. It shelters the remains of one of the largest and most important cities in the pre-Hispanic history of the Maya Civilization, as well as 550 square kilometers of exuberant rainforest, home to a great diversity of flora and fauna. Tikal was inhabited for nearly 1,500…
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2012 it´s not just a date, it´s a place… it´s GUATEMALA
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Guatemala is the Heart of the Maya World and the country where the Maya civilization reached its maximum splendor, making it the ideal place to experience the culmination of the Maya calendar cycle 13 Bak´tun and the start of a new era for humanity. To commemorate this important historical event, we’ve designed The Bak´tuns’…
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Guatemala Vacation Packages
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Guatemala Vacation Packages: If you are looking for the next hotspot for your upcoming vacation, consider Guatemala vacations. They offer a serene environment rich with culture and modern entertainment, helping you discover the Mayan world. The diversity of culture and history is unique and offers much to see on your luxury travel to Guatemala. Introduction…
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Festival Tours Guatemala
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Guatemala Festival Tours (part 1) The Maya The descendants of this fascinating culture have inherited customs and traditions, all this combined with the effect of the European influence is present today as an explosion of color, rhythm and mysticism through folk festivals, which are traditional dances or religious manifestations that have evolved naturally and…
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Guatemala B’aktun 13
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The starting date of the Long Count was registered by Mayan in several monuments, where we can point out the Quirigua Stela C. The date was not registered as 0.0.0.0.0, it was registered as 13.0.0.0.0 and it corresponded to the ajaw’s 4th day on the tzolkin calendar and 8 kimk’u according to the ja’ab.…