Watching the sun set over
this ancient ceremonial site is not to be missed.
Not exact matches
MAYA HUB An
ancient Maya
site called La Corona (shown in this artist's illustration with a
ceremonial center in the foreground) was a remote but key part of a large Classic Maya state, new research suggests.
An
ancient melting pot of diverse hunter - gatherers uniting to build
ceremonial sites may have been the start of big Maya cities
Fly to Cusco and descend into the Sacred Valley of the Incas for guided tours of the
ceremonial site of Kenko, where
ancient rituals were performed, and the Temple of Sacsayhuaman.
Three plazas and thirteen structures mark the epicentre of this very important
ceremonial site of
ancient Maya civilization.
Barton Creek — This cave is 45 minutes from the town of San Ignacio, and was used by the
ancient Mayans as a burial
site and for
ceremonial purposes.
Add a tour to Xunantunich, another
ancient site, where you can climb the 130 - foot tall El Castillo pyramid ruin and finish your immersion on a day trip to Barton Creek Cave by indulging in cave tubing or canoeing in addition to touring this
ceremonial ruin.
Cenotes were once
sites of
ceremonial importance to the
ancient Mayan Empire that once controlled the Yucatan.
Both of these trail segments meet above the Inca ruins of Patallaqta (sometimes called Llaqtapata), a
site used for religious and
ceremonial functions, crop production, and housing for soldiers from the nearby hilltop
site of Willkaraqay, an
ancient pre-Inca
site first inhabited around 500 BC.
These cenotes were once considered sacred
ceremonial sites for the
ancient Mayan civilization.
The descendants of the
ancient Maya that built the impressive pyramids, palaces, and
ceremonial sites that dot the Belizean landscape, the Maya in Belize speak three different dialects: Kekchi (various spellings), Mopan, and the increasingly rare Yucatec.
It takes 45 minutes approximately from San Ignacio to this exciting canoe trip into a remote cave formerly used by the
ancient Mayans as a burial
site and for
ceremonial purposes.
The ATM Cave was a sacred
ceremonial site for the
ancient Maya — they considered it an opening to the underworld — and it still retains its spooky, spiritual atmosphere.
Hike and trek through the dense jungle and visit
ancient Mayan
sites such as Xunantunich, once a Maya
ceremonial center.
The closest archaeological
site to Belize City, this
ancient Mayan
ceremonial center has 2 main plazas with over 13 excavated temples and residential structures.
The geology of Belize has created thousands of caves, many of which were used as sacred
ceremonial sites by the
ancient Maya that once ruled the country in the long centuries before the arrival of Europeans.