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	Encyclopedia topic: Caracol TV
		Caracol Televisión is the most viewed national television (A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) network in Colombia (A republic in northwestern South America; the major legal crop is coffee but cocaine is also a major export).
		The Grupo Santodomingo is the Caracol Televisión's (or Canal Caracol) main shareholder.
		In 1998, Caracol acquired one of the two licenses given by the Colombian government for the operation of a national television network -the other was granted to RCN Televisión-.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/caracol_tv1.htm (85 words)

	Caracol Belize - Mayan Archeaeological Site
		Caracol is the most extensive Maya site known in Belize....
		Caracol is now a Maya city in the process of being recovered from the jungle.
		Belize Explorer / About / Site Map / Contact Us Cayo District
	www.belizex.com /caracol.htm (85 words)

	NOVA Online Lost King of the Maya Map of the Maya World (2)
		Caracol's largest structure, the 138-foot Caana (Sky Place), is the tallest building in either ancient or modern Belize.
		Located in what is today southwestern Belize, Caracol, Spanish for "snail," rivaled anything in Belize today.
		The Canaa ruins at Caracol in southwestern Belize.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans2.html (85 words)

	Caracol, Belize
		Caracol is located 30 miles south of D�Silva.
		Caracol is located in the Chiquibul Rain Forest.
		Caracol was discovered in 1938 and later excavated in the 50s.
	www.belizediscover.com /info/Maya/Caracol.htm (85 words)

	Short History of the World - Mayans - Caracol, Belize
		Caracol is located deep in the Chiquibul Rainforest, and is the largest and most inaccessible Mayan site in the whole of Belize.
		Caracol was discovered by a logger in 1938, but excavation did not begin in earnest until 1950, and most of the work has been carried out since 1985, by a team of archaeologists led by Diane Chase.
		The most impressive structures at the site of Caracol include five plazas, an observatory and a number of pyramids, the largest of which, known as canaa or ‘sky place’ is 139ft high and to this day is the tallest building in Belize.
	www.pilot.co.uk /NewFiles/SH_Caracol.html (85 words)

	Caracol, Belize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Caracol or El Caracol is the name given to a large ancient
		Ancient Caracol was one of the largest ancient Maya cities, covering some 65 square miles (168 km�) with an extimated peak population of about 120,000, or possibly even 180,000 people.
		This page was last modified 14:40, 30 Oct 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caracol,_Belize (85 words)

	Timeline for Investigations at Caracol, Belize
		Caracol is shown to be even larger and more densely occupied than previously thought.
		The ruins were named "Caracol," Spanish for "shell," in reference to the winding logging road that provides access to the site.
		Government of Belize declares whole of Caracol area a national park.
	www.caracol.org /timeline.htm (85 words)

	Belize
		Belize - on the rim of the cauldron.
		Belize is situated on the Caribbean Sea, south of Mexico and east and north of Guatemala in Central America.
		The Mayan civilization spread into the area of Belize between 1500 B.C. and A.D. 300 and flourished until about 1200.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107333.html (85 words)

	Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society: Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturers, 2000-2001
		Diane Chase is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Central Florida and the co-director for the Caracol Archaeological Project in Belize.
		Visions of Empire: The Archaeology of Caracol, Belize (P,G,S) Finding Unwoven Threads: Before and After the Classic Maya Collapse (P,G,S)
		In recent years his interests are the structure of the important protein actin, and its study via atomic force microscopy and via far infrared spectroscopy at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory.
	www.sigmaxi.org /programs/lectureships/past.0001.shtml (85 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - dantes2's Belize Travelogue - Caracol
		Caracol means "snail shell" in Spanish and it is meant to signify the twisty road (like a snail's shell) leading to Caracol.
		Caracol lies deep in the Chiquibul Forrest past the Pine Mountain Range south of San Ignacio.
		Travel experience, unbiased tips, reviews, and pictures on Belize - Caracol
	www.virtualtourist.com /m/tt/bbb1 (85 words)

	Belize Image Gallery - Caracol Mayan Temples
		Caracol Mayan Temples-27 views Caracol :: Covers 30 square miles, deep in the Belize Jungle.
		Caracol Mayan Temples-26 views Caracol :: Covers 30 square miles, deep in the Belize Jungle.
		Caracol Mayan Temples-21 views Caracol :: Covers 30 square miles, deep in the Belize Jungle.
	www.greendragonbelize.com /jungleresort/nfpicturepro/thumbnails.php?album=14 (85 words)

	Chiquibul National Park and Caracol, Belize National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Monuments, Natural Reserves
		Another bird that has received a lot of attention at Caracol is the Keel-billed Motmot.
		Chiquibul National Park and Caracol, Belize National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Monuments, Natural Reserves
		Left to its own devises, it nests in river banks but at Caracol it has taken to using the sides of the pyramids.
	www.ambergriscaye.com /pages/town/parkchiquibul.html (85 words)

	Timeline 600CE to 999CE
		600-700 The Caracol Maya site in Belize was one of the most prosperous cities in the pre-Columbian world with some 120,000 people in a 65-square-mile metropolis.
		744 Lords of the Lowland Maya city of Caracol conducted a burning ritual in the cave at Naj Tunich, in the Peten of Guatemala.
		The weapon helped save the Byzantine Empire from Islamic conquest for several centuries.
	timelines.ws /0600AD_999AD.HTML (85 words)

	Links to Sites about the Maya Tribe by Phil Konstantin
		Belize History: 9064 B.C. ( 11,060 years ago)
		Belize History: 1641 A NEW CONQUEST OF BELIZE IS PLANNED BY THE SPANISH
		Belize History: 1511 THE FIRST SPANIARD ARRIVES AT CHETUMAL BAY
	americanindian.net /links12maya.html (85 words)

	Illustration of Maya site in Caracol, Belize.
		had done at Caracol, in Central Belize, that I had to visit this place.
		concluded that at the peak of its power, Caracol was rivaled only by Tikal in the Peten
		Arriving at the epicenter of Caracol, we found a massive structure named ’Caana’ (Sky
	www.mayavision.com /caracol.html (85 words)

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	www.zomi.info /modules.php?name=NukeTV (85 words)

	AddALL.com - Monuments and Inscriptions of Caracol, Belize
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	www3.addall.com /detail/0934718415.html (85 words)

	Caribbean information
		A site devoted to archaeological work at Caracol in Belize
		Roads, Lands, Markets, and Deforestation: A Spatial Model of Land Use in Belize link to abstract
		The Judicial Sector In Latin America and The Caribbean: Elements Of Reform "- this link is to a brief abstract.
	www.uwichill.edu.bb /bnccde/info.htm (85 words)

	PARI Newsletter
		In an attempt to better understand Caracol's internal settlement prior to continued destruction from looting, the 1997 investigations focused on excavating in 4 residential groups with 6 open/collapsed/looted tombs located in the southeast sector of Caracol.
		The 13th season of the Caracol Project ran from the end of January through the beginning of April 1997.
		In a group nicknamed "Saraguate", 2.5km distant from Caracol's epicenter, three tombs were fully recorded: one tomb was open, but unexcavated; the other two chambers had been looted.
	www.mesoweb.com /pari/publications/news_archive/caracol/reports6.html (733 words)

	Timeline for Investigations at Caracol, Belize
		Mapping and reconnaissance indicate Caracol (the city) to have a radius of 10 kilometers.
		Caracol is shown to be even larger and more densely occupied than previously thought.
		Work suggests that the Caracol core area continues to be occupied well past the last dated monuments in the epicenter.
	www.caracol.org /timeline.htm (884 words)

	1express-news-03-24-85.html
		Caracol also served others by helping them understand that the only thing we were searching for was the means to participate fully in the lifeline of our society.
		The major difference is that Caracol was an independent venture, one which relied mostly on its sales, subscriptions and the willingness of its writers, poets and artists to give fully of their talents.
		A number of things contributed to the ending of Caracol: lack of money and other resources; the personal need of the editor, Cecilio García-Camarillo, to travel and experiment with his own writings and the realization by many writers who first published in Caracol that they, too, had to get on with their lives and work.
	www.dr-ricardo-sanchez.com /1express-news-03-24-85.html (834 words)

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		Caracol brings also a fantastic version of "El Vaquilla" (much later a big hit of Gypsy Kings), the old voice in "Zorongo Gitana",...
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	Ancient Observatories: Chichén Itzá
		El Caracol is sometimes referred to as “the observatory.” To modern eyes, the rounded dome of El Caracol—actually the decayed remains of what was a cylindrical structure—looks a lot like it could house a telescope.
		In particular, El Caracol seems to be carefully aligned with the motions of Venus.
		The grand staircase that marks the front of El Caracol faces 27.5 degrees north of west—out of line with the other buildings at the site, but an almost perfect match for the northern extreme of Venus, Venus’s most northerly position in the sky.
	www.exploratorium.edu /ancientobs/chichen/HTML/caracol.html (229 words)

	Time for Kids Magazines
		But the kids are never too tired to climb the 99 stone steps leading up to the top of Caana, an old palace at the center of Caracol.
		The view from above the Maya palace Caana, which is Mayan for "sky palace." The city of Caracol was built around the palace.
		The Chases have made exciting discoveries in the ancient Maya city of Caracol
	www.timeforkids.com /TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,107993,00.html (229 words)

	Maya Sites of Belize, Ambergris Caye, Belize
		Yet in a sense, the Maya created their own fertility: the main reservoir at Caracol is an engineering masterpiece providing water to this day and, again in the context of warlords and fertility, it is apropos to bear in mind the name of the supreme Caracol warlord - Lord Water.
		Belize clearly lay in the Maya heartland: not only are some of the earliest sites, like that of Cuello in Orange Walk, found in the country, but the recent discovery of glyphs at Caracol, Cayo District, apparently portraying a military victory over Tikal suggests that some of the Belizean centres were supreme in the region.
		Currently in the state of excavation and restoration Caracol is the largest known Maya center in Belize.
	ambergriscaye.com /pages/mayan/mayasites.html (19277 words)

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	www.chowdanet.com /markc/idxd/1997/DX970614.IDX (19277 words)

	SUMMIT COMMUNICATIONS
		President of Caracol TV ust one year after going on the air with its first broadcast in July 1998, Colombia’s Caracol TV had already become the nation’s number one rated channel, capturing 29% of the entire audience in July 1999 and 34.4% by September.
		Some 38 years later the Bavaria Group entered the company as a shareholder and gave Caracol the professional focus and business orientation that has led to its stellar success today.
		he company has moved quickly to form international alliances with such firms as the powerful Cisneros Group, which owns a minority stake in Caracol TV, and is moving into the U.S. market with strategic alliance agreements and perhaps in the future by entering directly into the open-air channels to serve the Hispanic community.
	www.summitreports.com /colombia/media.htm (19277 words)

	Actual Origins of STAR WARS
		Further reference to an ahau of Calakmul, and his personal emblem glyph, is found on Caracol Stela 3 at the date of AD 572, confirming that the shift in allegiance by Caracol from Tikal to Calakmul was complete.
		The attack was apparently unexpected and hurt Caracol.
		A "star war" is a full-scale war planned in accordance with specific astronomical events, usually the first appearance in the morning sky of the planet Venus.
	www.mayarealm.com /starwars.html (19277 words)

	Maya Sites of Belize, Ambergris Caye, Belize
		Yet in a sense, the Maya created their own fertility: the main reservoir at Caracol is an engineering masterpiece providing water to this day and, again in the context of warlords and fertility, it is apropos to bear in mind the name of the supreme Caracol warlord - Lord Water.
		Belize clearly lay in the Maya heartland: not only are some of the earliest sites, like that of Cuello in Orange Walk, found in the country, but the recent discovery of glyphs at Caracol, Cayo District, apparently portraying a military victory over Tikal suggests that some of the Belizean centres were supreme in the region.
		One of the things that contributed to the anger of the Maya is that they destroyed one of the temples and on top of the fundamentals of that, the foundation of that temple, they constructed their first church.
	ambergriscaye.com /pages/mayan/mayasites.html (19277 words)

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