Calakmul
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They believe it is second in size only to Calakmul, thought to be the largest Mayan site in ancient Latin America.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2024
For instance, the original route through the Calakmul reserve crossed one end of a vast cavern, dubbed “the bat volcano,” that’s home to about 3 million bats of eight species.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023
By that time, a handful of powerful Maya city-states like Tikal, Calakmul, and El Mirador had grown to large urban centers and were using their own sophisticated writing and calendar system.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
He learned years ago to decipher the sounds of the Calakmul jungle in Mexico’s southern Yucatan.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
Almost wholly unexcavated since its discovery, the Calakmul we came to lay swathed in dry, scrubby vegetation that crawled like a swarm of thorns up its two huge pyramids.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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