Tikal

American  

[tee-kahl] / tiˈkɑl /

noun

1. 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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Tikal

“But if you read between the lines, that’s what it means—these were vassals, probably of Tikal directly and Teotihuacán indirectly.”

From National Geographic ● Jan. 26, 2024

They used quartz sand for water filtration, sometimes importing it from great distances to massive cities like Tikal in what is now northern Guatemala.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023

Finding a Miyake event in wood from a Mesoamerican structure—such as a lintel in the Maya temple Tikal in Guatemala, whose construction is recorded in the Long Count—would settle the matter.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2023

Ishan Kishan made 54 and Tikal Varma 61 in reply, but Mumbai's slip from 121-2 to 136-6 undermined their pursuit.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2022

Having unified Tikal, he built up his forces for a long-delayed counterattack.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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