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Tikal

Tikal (/tiˈkɑːl/; Tik'al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. One of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, it is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now the Petén…

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Location
Flores, Petén Department, Guatemala
Abandoned
c. 900
Built
4th century BC
Criteria
i, iii, iv, ix, x
Cultures
Maya civilization
Designated
1979 (3rd session)

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Tikal

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Triples200
Avg. degree1.99
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Tikal

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related to history · 23
Tikal → After Spanish, Alfred, Ambrosio Tut, Andrés, Artist Eusebio Lara, As, Avendaño, Because, Frederick Catherwood, Germany, Guatemalan, Hernán Cortés, In, It, John Lloyd Stephens, Maudslay, Modesto Méndez, Petén, Pioneering, Several
related to Terminal Classic · 23
Tikal → As Tikal, Bakʼtun, By, Classic Maya, Construction, Divine Lord, During, In, Increasingly, Ixlu, Jewel Kʼawiil, Jimbal, Kʼatun, Maya, Mutal, Petexbatún, Recent, Seibal, Temple, Terminal Classic
related to Geography · 19
Tikal → Antropología, Belize, Calakmul, Calakmul's, Caracol, Classic Period, Flores, Guatemala, Guatemala City, Historia, Instituto, It, May, Maya, Santa Elena, The, Tikal National Park, Uaxactun, Yaxha
related to Structures · 18
Tikal → AD, Ah Cacao, Among, Aubrey Trik, Europe, Great Jaguar, It, Jasaw Chan Kʼawil, Late Classic, Pennsylvania, Some, Temple, Temples, The, There, They, University, VI
related to Preclassic · 15
Tikal → At, BC, Belize, Central, Chikanel, El Mirador, Guatemala, Late Preclassic, Major, Mamon, Middle Preclassic, Nakbe, Northern Maya, There, Yucatán Peninsula
related to Early Classic · 12
Tikal → According, AD, At, Calakmul, Dynastic, Early Classic, Early Classic Tikal, El Mirador, In, Maya, Preclassic, Yax Ehb Xook
related to Site description · 12
Tikal → Americas, Classic, Guatemala, It, Maya, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Pennsylvania, Seven Temples Plaza, The, There, University
related to Etymology · 11
Tikal → Dos Pilas, First Mutal, Hieroglyphic, It, Its, Itzaʼ Maya, Mutul, The, Yax Mutal, Yax Mutul, Yucatec Maya
related to External links · 11
Tikal → Archived, Culture, CyArkTikal Google Street ViewMayans, Guatemala, May, Ministry, Official, Spanish, Sports, Tikal Digital Media Archive, Wayback Machine
related to Population · 11
Tikal → AD, BC, David Webster, For, However, In, Late Classic, Population, Preclassic Period, The, These

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maya temple stela city century teotihuacan classic complex site one early ad kʼawiil acropolis late also built region king chan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TikalAbandonedc. 9001.00infobox
TikalBuilt4th century BC1.00infobox
TikalCriteriai, iii, iv, ix, x1.00infobox
TikalCulturesMaya civilization1.00infobox
TikalDesignated1979 (3rd session)1.00infobox
TikalLocationFlores, Petén Department, Guatemala1.00infobox
TikalOfficial nameTikal National Park1.00infobox
TikalPeriodsEarly Classic to Late Classic1.00infobox
TikalReference no.641.00infobox
TikalRegionPetén Basin1.00infobox
TikalRegionLatin America and the Caribbean1.00infobox
TikalTypeMixed1.00infobox
Tikalis abest understood of any of the large lowland Maya cities0.90text

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