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Places in Guatemala matching “Alta Verapaz / Sayaxché, Cancuén on Pasión River” · Mysteria

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🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid

Cancuén Palace-Pyramid City

Maya Classic (Late Classic palace) · Maya (Highland-Pasión portage traders)

Maya water-palace city Cancuén (400–800 CE): 230×150 m largest Maya palace (170 rooms) with attached shrine-pyramids on Pasión River, sacked c.800 CE with elite massacre in cistern.