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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

They believe it is second in size only to Calakmul, thought to be the largest Mayan site in ancient Latin America.

From BBC

Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula—The mother bat screeches furiously as Rodrigo Medellín Legorreta grips her, a thumb under her chin to prevent her razor-sharp teeth from sinking into his gloved hand.

From Science Magazine

Driving west from El Hormiguero toward the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, the road wends through ceibas, strangler figs, and sapodillas, a tree prized since Maya times for its chicle gum.

From Science Magazine

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