At first glance, almost all of Tikal, a Mayan site in Northern Gautamela, is an ancient city buried beneath layers of jungle.
Why it’s unique: Guatemala packs volcanoes, rainforests, Mayan ruins, and indigenous villages into a small, easily traveled country with incredible diversity. Top must-sees: Highlights include Tikal ...
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Deep jungle hides what few have seen

This video shows an ancient archaeological site at Tikal National Park, Guatemala, where large stone temple structures rise ...
Mexican archaeologists have registered a sprawling ancient Maya city in southern Quintana Roo after local residents flagged the site during work on the Maya Train project.
The kitchen in Antigua's Casa Popenoe. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann LAKE PETEN ITZA, Guatemala -- Tikal is arguably the finest excavated Mayan city in Central America. Seeing those ruins was my ...
Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers including scholars from Brown University have unearthed a buried ...
More than a dozen coatis in Tikal were suddenly sent scattering when a jaguar came out of nowhere to hunt one of the coati down, doing so at the feet of a woman recording the encounter on her phone.
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All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Mayan Monster Mayhem: Episode 3 – Terror in Tikal! Scooby and Shaggy need to find a way out in the Terror in Tikal game ...
On a balmy morning in April I'm sitting in the courtyard of my hotel at the crack of dawn watching Lake Atitlan, waiting for the clouds to drift and reveal the three volcanoes that dominate its ...
It’s a blast from the long-ago past. Archaeologists unearthed a nearly 3,000-year-old Mayan city in Guatemala — complete with pyramids and mysterious monuments — that reveals new traces of the ancient ...