| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Quirigua is a Mayan site founded 250 BCE. It is famous for its carved 8th century stele.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Mayan glyphs.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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The steles at Quirigua are the tallest in the Mayan world.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Stele C depicts Canac Sky.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Zoomorphs are spherical carved stones in the shape of animals.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Detail of a carved Zoomorph.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Stele E is the tallest in Quirigua at 8m.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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The elaborately carved Stele E weighs 65 tonnes.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Zoomorph G.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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8th Century Mayan altar.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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The Steles in Quirigua are some of the most elaborate in the Mayan world.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Unexcavated pyramid.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Quirigua was at its height under the rule of Canac Sky who ascended the throne in 731.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Zoomorph P is the best preserved and most intricate.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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The Acropolis.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Quirigua
Site / Event : Archaeological Zone
|
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Unexcavated structure.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Flores is a colonial town on the island of San Andreas.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Flores is by Lake Paten Itza.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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The beautiful Lake Paten Itza.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Flores was founded in 1700 on the site of a Mayan city called Tayasal.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Colourful wooden buildings.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Quiet street scene.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Wooden balcony.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Hilly street.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Fast food shop selling chicken and chips.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Guest house overlooking the lake.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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View of the lake.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Fringe leaf lillies.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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The market.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Market stall.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Flores
|
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Small island in the lake.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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The Mayan site of Tikal.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Tikal is a Mayan site set in tropical rain forest. It was active between 500 BCE and 900.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Jaguar Temple
|
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The Jaguar Temple is a typical Tikal temple and dates from 721.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Jaguar Temple
|
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The temple is 44m high and is topped with a roof comb containing a tomb.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Jaguar Temple
|
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A stele describing the ascent to the throne of Tikal's last known ruler in 768.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Temple of the Masks
|
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The Temple of the Masks is 38m high and fronted by a stele.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Temple of the Masks
|
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The temple dates from around 800.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Central Acropolis
|
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The Central Acropolis.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Central Acropolis
|
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The area is made up of many rooms and courtyards.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Central Acropolis
|
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Looking down on the Central Acropolis.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Central Acropolis
|
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Two storey building.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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The North Acropolis.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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Two storey buildings.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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The North Acropolis is a complex of twelve temples dating from 100 BCE.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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The complex was begun in 100 BCE and completed in 250.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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There are many steles.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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The steles show rulers and priests.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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Stone altar.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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Carved face.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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Tikal was active between the 4th Century BCE and 900.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : North Acropolis
|
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Detail of wall.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Grand Plaza
|
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The Grand Plaza.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Grand Plaza
|
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The Grand Plaza is the centre of the site.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Grand Plaza
|
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Pyramids and palaces.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Plaza of the Lost World
|
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The unexcavated Lost World Pyramid dominates the Plaza of the Lost World.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Plaza of the Lost World
|
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The Lost World Pyramid is 32m high and 80m long.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Plaza of the Lost World
|
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The Lost World Pyramid dates from 700 BCE and is the oldest at Tikal.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Plaza of the Lost World
|
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Building in the rainforest.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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The Great Pyramid is the oldest in Tikal dating from 700 BCE.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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The Great Pyramid is 32m high.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Tikal is surrounded by rain forrst.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Many structures are lost in the rain forest.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Barely visible through the trees.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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The Bat Palace.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Paths through the site.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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One of the many stele on the site.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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The Ah Cacan Stele.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Temple 4 is the tallest ancient structure in the Americas (64m).
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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The sheer walls of Temple 4.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Complex M
|
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Complex M is one of several pairs of matching pyramids unique to Tikal.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Complex M
|
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Palace building in the rainforest.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Complex M
|
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Temple through the trees.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Group G
|
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Group G is a palace complex.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
Site / Event : Group G
|
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Building in the complex.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Temple V is a 58m high pyramid build around 700 by King Ah Cacau.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Temple IV dates from 470.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Trail through the forest.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Ocellated turkeys.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Howler monkey.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Margay on a tree trunk.
|
1991 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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Coati.
|
1995 |
| Guatemala |
City / Town : Tikal
|
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A ceiba tree. These were considered holy by the Mayans.
|
1991 |
were added from 1 February 2025.