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Uaxactún

Flores, Guatemala

Uaxactun (pronounced [waʃakˈtun]) is an ancient sacred place of the Maya civilization, located in the Petén Basin region of the Maya lowlands, in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala. The site lies some 12 miles (19 km) north of the major center of Tikal. The name is sometimes spelled as Waxaktun.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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