With its plethora of palaces, altars, shrines, and soaring temples, Tikal may be the premier Maya site. For over 1,100 years, the Maya built here, expanding the site until it covered an area of 25 ...

This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption, This is the Temple of the Great Jaguar. It's called ...

Deep among Guatemala's northern rainforests is the Tikal complex of Mayan ruins. A Mayan city known as Yax Mutal, the capital ...

Temple of Ah Cacao and Temple of the Masks, Tikal, Guatemala Deep within the rainforest of Guatemala sits the ancient city of Tikal and its numerous stunning limestone temple buildings ...

It wasn't large, surpassed in size by cities like Calakmul and Tikal ... and the Temple of Inscriptions, said to be one of the most profuse sources of glyphic text from the Maya world.