Then, in 964, the Itzás, a Maya-speaking people from the Petén rain forest around Tikal, moved into the city. Archeologists have fully explored only about 20 or 30 of several hundred buildings ...

Ancient Maya City of Tikal, Guatemala Posted: June 18, 2024 | Last updated: April 29, 2025 Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya.

The discovery, announced by Guatemala’s Culture and Sports Ministry, was made within the ancient city of Tikal - an enormous city-state which battled for centuries with the Kaanul dynasty for ...