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Tagstikal-rival
2 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient city
Preclassic 1200 BCE–900 CE (peak Late Classic 562–680, Star-War defeat of Tikal) · Maya (Classic lowland; ally of Calakmul vs Tikal; later independent kingdom Uxwitzá)
Largest Maya city in Belize and greater Tikal rival: 200 km² settlement (70 sq mi mapped), Caana (“Sky Palace”) pyramid 43 m high – tallest man-made structure in Belize – with corner palaces, 160+…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (550–800 CE peak Calakmul Snake Kingdom, Kaan polity) · Maya (Classic, Calakmul/Kaan dynasty, Snake Head emblem)
Northern pyramid at Calakmul Snake Kingdom capital (500 BCE–900 CE): Structure I 40 m high (second highest at site after Structure II 55 m) at north edge of Great Plaza, 70×50 m base with stairway…