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Verified earlies in Guatemala · Mysteria

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Verified earlies in Guatemala

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city

Zaculeu

Early Classic–Postclassic (Mam–K'iche') · Maya (Mam) with K'iche' overlay

Fortified hilltop white-plastered city on Selegua River terrace near Huehuetenango (400–1525 CE), with 43 structures: Pyramid Pyramid 7 ballcourt-pyramid 12 m, palace, and 1,000-m...