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Petén

Tikal Ruins 🏰

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Petén

Tikal Ruins 🏰

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Tikal Ruins 🏰

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    August 4, 2016

    Hiking

    Arguably one of the area's most impressive pre-columbian sites, early monumental architecture here dates from the 4th century BC. Tikal is probably the best understood of any of the large …

    July 7, 2019

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    The entire area around Tikal has been declared a National Park and is now a World Heritage Site.
    An impressive facility that is really worth a visit.
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    April 14, 2024

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    The complex does not date from prehistoric times, but from late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, as seen from Europe. So roughly from the period between 200 and 900 AD. After that, Tikal was abandoned for reasons that are not entirely clear. Possibly because of a dry period that lasted for decades.
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    Distance 7.12 km

    Uphill 130 m

    Downhill 130 m

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