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    Uaxactun (pronounced [waʃakˈtun]) is an ancient sacred place of the Maya civilization, located in the Petén Basin region of the Maya lowlands, in the present-day...
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    Joyanca Mixco Viejo Naranjo Nakbé Piedras Negras Quirigua Q'umarkaj Tikal Uaxactún Caribbean Sea Pacific Ocean Volcán de Agua Volcán de Fuego List of national...
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  • Uaxactun Airport (IATA: UAX) is an airstrip in the village of Uaxactun, Guatemala. The airstrip may be closed. Aerial imagery (Google Earth 3/27/2014)...
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    Xate (C. oblongata) growing near Uaxactún, Guatemala....
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    Piment flower in Uaxactún, north of Tikal National Park, Guatemala...
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    3 °C (75.7 °F) in the southeast around Poptún to 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) around Uaxactún in the northeast. Highest temperatures are reached from April to June;...
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    generally difficult. Some of the Petén sites are Dos Pilas, Seibal, and Uaxactún. Important sites in Belize include Altun Ha, Caracol, and Xunantunich....
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    polities in the Petén Basin, as well as with others outside of it, including Uaxactun, Caracol, Dos Pilas, Naranjo, and Calakmul. Towards the end of the Early...
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    reigned for over 60 years and installed his relatives as rulers of Tikal and Uaxactun in Guatemala.[citation needed] Scholars have based interpretations of Teotihuacan...
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    City. It is 19 kilometers (12 mi) south of the contemporary Maya city of Uaxactun and 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of Yaxha. The city was located 100...
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    Calakmul Chicanná Río Azul (Guatemala) Becán Naachtúm (Guatemala) Xpuhil Uaxactún (Guatemala) Dzibanche Tikal (Guatemala) Kohunlich Nakum (Guatemala) Mutul...
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    examples of Maya books discovered in excavations date to the Early Classic (Uaxactún and Altun Ha), Late Classic (Nebaj, Copán), and Early Postclassic (Guaytán)...
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    relatively sparse, has come from the recovery of whole cacao beans at Uaxactun, Guatemala and from the preservation of wood fragments of the cacao tree...
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    "arrival" of Siyaj K'ak' in 378 CE, numerous city states such as Tikal, Uaxactun, Calakmul, Copán, Quirigua, Palenque, Cobá, and Caracol reached their zeniths...
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  • Chamelco, Alta Verapaz Cuevas del Silvino in Morales, Izabal Grutas de Uaxactún in El Petén List of caves Speleology "Guatemala by Region". showcaves.com...
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    management in the Maya Biosphere Reserve. During the trip, she met staff in Uaxactun, a community that the Rainforest Alliance has been working with for more...
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    350 King of Anwar, Kaja Maja 378 Teotihuacan conquers Waka, Tikal, and Uaxactun, the beginning of its conquest of the Maya 319 Rise of Gupta Empire in...
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  • Takalik Abaj Retalhuleu Guatemala 950 BC El Mirador Petén Guatemala 950 BC Uaxactun Petén Guatemala 800 BC Zazacatla Morelos Mexico 700 BC Ticul Yucatán Mexico...
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  • monuments, principally Tikal (which he conquered in January 378), as well as Uaxactun and the city of Copan. Epigraphers originally identified him by the nickname...
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  • culture Butmir (near Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), of the Butmir culture Uaxactun (Maya civilization, Dept.of Peten, Guatemala) Dzibilchaltun (Maya civilization...
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  • Empire 378 AD 379 AD Conquests of Siyaj K'ak' Teotihuacan Waka' Tikal Uaxactun Bejucal El Zotz 383 AD 383 AD Battle of Fei River Eastern Jin dynasty Former...
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  • spear-thrower are documented in Teotihuacan and in the Maya cities of Tikal, Uaxactun, Yaxchilan, and Toniná. They may or may not refer to the same individual...
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    Alta Verapaz MGRB RUV Rubelsanto Airport San Marcos San Marcos MGSM San Marcos Uaxactun El Petén UAX Uaxactun Airport Zacapa Zacapa MGZA Zacapa Airport...
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  • BC – 250 AD). Major archaeological sites of this period include Nakbe, Uaxactun, Seibal, San Bartolo, Cival, and El Mirador. Maya society underwent a series...
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  • Porvenir, Pacaya, La Muralla, Nakbé, El Tintal, Wakná (formerly Güiro), Uaxactún, and Tikal. Of these, El Mirador, Tikal, Nakbé, Tintal, Xulnal and Wakná...
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    January 8. Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal on January 16. Siyaj K'ak' conquers Uaxactun. Valens completes the aqueduct of Constantinople begun by Constantine I...
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    Teotihuacan and Zapotec, Teuchitlan Tradition formative periods, Teotihuacan, Uaxactún, Tikal, Edzná, Monte Albán I & II, Pyramid of the Sun, Guachimontones Classic...
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    Site Location Photo Uaxactun Petén Department, Guatemala Uaymil Campeche, Mexico Ucanal Petén Department, Guatemala Uci Yucatán, Mexico Uitzina Yucatán...
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    contemporary with the large Maya classic cities in the area, like Tikal and Uaxactun, but rather from centuries earlier in the pre-classic era (see: Mesoamerican...
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  • TG-AGA crashed within Petén Department whilst on a passenger flight from Uaxactun Airport to Flores International Airport, Santa Elena. On April 27, 1977...
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