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| Uaxactun | ||
| Department | El Peten | |
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Uaxactun is a ruined city of the Maya in El Peten in Guatemala.
background
The first traces of settlement go to the year 1000 BC. BC back. From this period trade contacts to other sites of this phase such as Nakbé be detected. Around AD 200, like most of the region's major cities, the city was abandoned for unknown reasons. But unlike most cities, the place was repopulated a short time later. In the course of the influence of Teotihuacan in Tikal A short time later, Uaxactún became a close ally of Tikal. There is evidence that this process was not entirely voluntary. But the situation was not to change until it was abandoned in the 9th century AD for unknown reasons. The city has been explored since 1920 and made headlines back then, as it was here for the first time that evidence could be provided that the pre-classical Maya was more than a primitive Indian existence. These results were borne out by the finds in Nakbé, El Mirador or Cerros approved.
getting there
By plane
The closest airport is in Flores. From here the road continues.
By train
In the street
The site is 23 km from Tikal away and still within the national park of the same name. The way there can only be covered with a 4x4.
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
activities
shop
kitchen
There is a small village with around 600 inhabitants on the site that has a restaurant.
nightlife
accommodation
There are two hotels in the village.
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- An official website is not known. Please open Wikidata add.
