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1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Hieroglyphic writing on the stone stelae in Tikal first appeared around AD 292. This stela depicts a richly dressed profile figure thought to be a dynastic ruler of the city. The last stela at Tikal was erected in AD 869, shortly after which evidence indicates that the huge city-state began falling sharply into decline.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Perhaps the oldest of all the structural complexes in Tikal can be found in the Mundo Perdido, or Lost World complex. As with many other structures, Mundo Perdido experienced periods of building and rebuilding. Its earliest structures were dated prior to 500 BC, making it perhaps the original center of Tikal. It was named by early European explorers because its atmosphere reminded them of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel "The Lost World" dealing with a scientific expedition to the Amazon.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - The crooked roof comb of Temple III was straight when the Maya built it. But modern-day restoration efforts were not as well done. This was probably the last pyramid constructed at Tikal, possibly around AD 810. In about 40 years, all construction at the site would cease and the population would begin a sharp decline.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Walk just a short distance away from the Great Plaza and away from the crowds, and you might think you have entered another world - perhaps seeing Tikal much more as the first explorers found it. This is one of the structures in the Plaza of the Seven Temples.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Some of the stelae are so weathered that they are undecipherable today.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - When Friar Andres de Avedano plunged into the swamps and forests of the Guatemalan lowlands in 1685 and likely became the first European to see Tikal, he wrote that "Among these high mountains that we passed through there is a variety of ancient buildings, except several of them that I recognized as dwellings, inside, and although they were very tall, and my strength quite diminished, I climbed them...."So did we.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Susan, one of our fellow travelers, was deathly afraid of heights, but she didn't want to miss anything at Tikal. Next time, however, she may open her eyes.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Our visit to Tikal nearly over, we returned to the Great Plaza for a group photograph with Temple I as the backdrop.
1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - The stairway to the top of a Maya t - the exercise is so much more rewarding than a "Stairmaster."
TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Hieroglyphic writing on the stone stelae in Tikal first appeared around AD 292. This stela depicts a richly dressed profile figure thought to be a dynastic ruler of the city. The last stela at Tikal was erected in AD 869, shortly after which evidence indicates that the huge city-state began falling sharply into decline.

1000places > TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Hieroglyphic writing on the stone stelae in Tikal first appeared around AD 292. This stela depicts a richly dressed profile figure thought to be a dynastic ruler of the city. The last stela at Tikal was erected in AD 869, shortly after which evidence indicates that the huge city-state began falling sharply into decline.
TIKAL, GUATEMALA - Hieroglyphic writing on the stone stelae in Tikal first appeared around AD 292. This stela depicts a richly dressed profile figure thought to be a dynastic ruler of the city. The last stela at Tikal was erected in AD 869, shortly after which evidence indicates that the huge city-state began falling sharply into decline.

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