Tikal (21)


Source: WTL© digital photograph taken on site at Tikal, Guatemala.
Comments: Now we are going to enter the complex of structures known in Spanish as Mundo Perdido (Lost World). It is probably the place where the Maya established their first city-state in the Pre-Classic period, ca. 500 BCE or earlier. Mundo Perdido is seen on the lower left side of the Tikal map. See: <= Tikal #2.