Ciudad Maya

El Ceibal: la ciudad de las ceibas.

El sitio debe su nombre a Teobert Maler, uno de los primeros investigadores en visitar el sitio, Ceibal hace referencia a la abundancia de ceibas en esta ciudad Maya, inicialmente se llamó Seibal conociéndose así por muchos años, sin embargo, actualmente se usa Ceibal por ser la ortografía correcta en castellano (Flores Cristales 2015, 25). (Véliz Corado s.f.). Localizado a las orillas del río La Pasión al sur del departamento de El Petén, Guatemala, considerada una de las ciudades más importantes de la civilización maya.

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Cacao

Phrase: Sacred drink.

Mayan Calendar

Phrase: Count of the time.

Architecture

Phrase: Remains of an Ancient Culture.

Twin Pyramids (Structure B3)

The most important structure in Plaza B, the Twin Pyramids (Structure B3), are located on the east side of the square. The twin pyramids ("a" on the left and "b" on the right) rest on a common base, and rise on five terraces. They face west, each...

Golden Necklace

Del Águila (2008, p. 43)¹, states that this is a piece composed of ten jaguar heads made of gold. These pieces were found next to two well-polished jade basins, and another forty smaller gold pieces.

Ancestral Sounds of the Tunkul

The Tunkul is a musical instrument of pre-Hispanic origin, there is evidence that this has been interpreted by the Maya since the Classic Period (250-900 AD) until today.

Plumbate Ceramic

The ceramic analyzes in the region of Guatemala, are nuclear, that is to say that a regional analysis
has not yet been achieved, for this reason it is based on regrouping of the material by site, in a
complete way so that the studies in...

Tikal's first carved stela (Stela 29)

The oldest dated monument known so far from the ancient city of Tikal, is Stela 29. The back face of the stele features the date 8.12.14.8.15 in a long account, equivalent to July 8, 292 A.D. His discovery contributed to the study of the Maya one...

Altar of Zoomorfo P

The Altar of Zoomorfo P was erected during the government of Chan Tiliw Yopaat, on September 15, 795 AD. C. (9.18.5.0.0). It was discovered in 1934, during the excavations carried out by Morris and Stromsvik. It is located to the south of the...

Museum Lytic

The Mueum Lytic of Tikal was built in 1982 and it was opened to the public until 1989, under the initiative of the National Tikal Project. It safeguard a collection of 25 monuments exposed to the public permanently. This collection consists of 21...