Tikal

[ tee-kahl ]

/ tiˈkɑl /

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noun

an ancient Mayan city occupied c200 b.c. to a.d. 900, an important center of Mayan civilization, situated in Petén in the jungles of northern Guatemala and the site of significant archaeological discoveries in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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That matches other recent research from the lowland city of Tikal, home to the biggest known Maya temple complex, and the epicenter of a massive suburban sprawl in the jungle.
Ancient cities had toxic pollution, too|Philip Kiefer|November 22, 2021|Popular-Science
If true, that would add more evidence to an idea that scientists have worked on for decades — that these civilizations were in contact much earlier than the conquest of Tikal, possibly trading and making political connections with one another.
Lasers reveal construction inspired by ancient Mexican pyramids in Maya ruins|Meghie Rodrigues|October 22, 2021|Science News
That means that the Tikal complex possibly predates the Teotihuacan conquest of the Maya city in 378.
Lasers reveal construction inspired by ancient Mexican pyramids in Maya ruins|Meghie Rodrigues|October 22, 2021|Science News
The finding adds to evidence of Teotihuacan’s influence over Tikal, the team reports September 28 in Antiquity.
Lasers reveal construction inspired by ancient Mexican pyramids in Maya ruins|Meghie Rodrigues|October 22, 2021|Science News

Now, more than a thousand kilometers away at the Maya capital of Tikal in what’s now Guatemala, researchers have found a smaller plaza and pyramid possibly modeled after La Ciudadela and its temple.
Lasers reveal construction inspired by ancient Mexican pyramids in Maya ruins|Meghie Rodrigues|October 22, 2021|Science News
One of the largest sites of pre-Columbian Mayan ruins, Tikal was once one of the most important cities in the Mayan world.
There Are Bugs in Your Coffee and Other Things I Learned in Antigua, Guatemala|William O’Connor|January 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This symbolical figure is found also at Tikal carved in wood.
The Ancient Cities of the New World|Dsir Charnay
The bas-reliefs at Palenque, Lorillard, and Tikal tell this story very plainly.
The Ancient Cities of the New World|Dsir Charnay
From Tikal the civilising column advanced towards the north of the peninsula.
The Ancient Cities of the New World|Dsir Charnay
Tikal is forty miles north-east of Flores, towards the south of the peninsula.
The Ancient Cities of the New World|Dsir Charnay
Mr. Bowditch has included also in his list of kin signs the form shown in figure 34, l, from an inscription at Tikal.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs|Sylvanus Griswold Morley