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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

He learned years ago to decipher the sounds of the Calakmul jungle in Mexico’s southern Yucatan.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Our visit to Calakmul did nothing to suggest that Folan's advice was wrong.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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