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Calakmul

American  
[kah-lahk-mool] / ˌkɑ lɑkˈmul /

noun

  1. a ruined Mayan city in SE Mexico.


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The video shows him and his team exploring areas of restricted access in the Mayan cities of Calakmul and Chichén Itzá.

From BBC May 16, 2025

Under a starry sky in the Calakmul reserve, as unseen frogs chirp and insects trill, Medellín Legorreta patiently works to untangle a bat caught in a mist net.

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

Now the focus has shifted to this section that crosses the intact Calakmul jungle, which is part of the larger Mayan jungle, the largest tropical forest in the Americas after the Amazon.

From Seattle Times Feb. 3, 2023

Along the way, contrary to my initial impression, they have managed to learn a great deal about Calakmul, the landscape it occupied, and the collapse that led to the forest’s return.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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