The site is located in the central/southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula, in southern Mexico and includes the remains of the important Maya city Calakmul, set deep in the tropical forest of the ...

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the site’s Maya name, seems to have had a special status in the Snake kingdom. Its princes went to Calakmul for education, and three of them wedded Snake princesses. Unlike the martial city of ...

Spanning about 16.6 square kilometers, Valeriana is considered second in density only to the famous Maya city of Calakmul.