[DOC] [TLE] Tikal - Wikipedia [PAR] Tikal (/tikl/) (Tik'al in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, 
which was ... These events were coupled with a gradual population decline, 
culminating ... One of the largest of the Classic Maya cities, Tikal had no water 
other than ..... elsewhere and Tikal's once-great power was little more than a 
memory. [DOC] [TLE] Maya civilization - Wikipedia [PAR] The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya 
peoples, and ... This period saw the Maya civilization develop a large number of 
city-states ... and the city centre would be occupied by ceremonial and 
administrative complexes, ... The Maya elite were literate, and developed a 
complex system of... [DOC] [TLE] Teotihuacan - Wikipedia [PAR] Teotihuacan /teotiwkn/, also written Teotihuacn was an ancient 
Mesoamerican ... This city came to be the largest and most populated center in 
the ... The later Aztecs saw these magnificent ruins and claimed a common 
ancestry ... This suggests that, in the Maya civilization of the Classic period, 
Teotihuacan... [DOC] [TLE] Copn - Wikipedia [PAR] Copn is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Copn 
Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It was 
the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th .... The 
ceremonial center was long abandoned and the surrounding valley home to only 
a few... [DOC] [TLE] Maya stelae - Wikipedia [PAR] Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the Maya 
civilization of ... The major city of Calakmul in Mexico raised the greatest number 
of stelae ... forming lines or other arrangements within the ceremonial centre of 
the city. ... At Tikal, the twin pyramid groups were built to celebrate the k'atun 
ending... [DOC] [TLE] Belize Mayan Sites, Mayan Ruins in Belize, Mayan Belize Excursion [PAR] Belize plays an important role in the world of the ancient Mayan civilization. ... 
Caves were held sacred by the Mayans, and many contain ceremonial altars, 
religious ... Below is a table to the major Mayan ruins in the country, and where 
they would be .... The restored areas of this huge city-state contain a ceremonial 
center,... [DOC] [TLE] The Mayan Civilization - Present and Past - Stanford University [PAR] The ancient Mayan civilization was one of the most fascinating and influential 
cultures ... Lying in the tropical forest of Central America, Mayan cities were vast 
creations ... people fled their cities for no apparent reason and left their world to 
fall to ruin. .... For upto fourteen hundred years prior to this it was a ceremonial 
center... [DOC] [TLE] Tikal | archaeological site, Guatemala | Britannica.com [PAR] Aug 10, 2016 ... The largest urban centre in the southern Maya lowlands, it stood 19 miles (30 ... 
Tikal, city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilization. ... The Tikal 
ruins are the central attraction of Tikal National Park, which ... often called 
acropoles; these presumably were temples and palaces for the upper class. [DOC] [TLE] Tikal: Capital of Maya Civilization - Live Science [PAR] Sep 26, 2012 ... The ancient Maya city of Tikal, in modern-day Guatemala, flourished ... a great 
Maya city-state with more than two dozen major pyramids. ... by the city of 
Teotihuacan, an urban center located in central Mexico ... The ambitious pyramid 
construction projects were driven in part by the famous Mayan calendar. [DOC] [TLE] Tikal - Mayan Magic & Mystery, Belize History - AmbergrisCaye.com [PAR] Perhaps the most impressive of all Mayan ruins is Tikal, located at Tikal National 
Park ... Tikal is the largest excavated site in the American continent. ... intertwine 
with jungle and sea, the Mayan civilization developed three thousand years ago. 
... Today, the massive temples and ceremonial centers built by these people are... [DOC] [TLE] Belize maya ruins, Belize Caracol, Belize Xunantunich | Crystal ... [PAR] Below we list some of the Belize Maya ruins that are located in close proximity of 
beautiful Crystal Paradise. ... Caracol is famed as the most extensive Maya center 
in the country. Cutting across ... It is believed that

Question: This country's Tikal ruins were once a ceremonial center & the largest city of the Mayan empire
Answer: Guatemala