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	TIKAL
		Tikal has long been regarded by archaeologists as the "capital" of the Maya, although for a people whose political organization did not evolve beyond the level of the city-state, this may not be a totally accurate characterization.
		Scarcely less than a century later, Tikal, like most of the other Maya city-states, was abandoned and the jungle began to encroach on its temples and palaces.
		Uaxactún and Tikal lie atop the drainage divide between the Gulf of Mexico and the
	www.dartmouth.edu /~izapa/tikal.html (775 words)

	FAMSI - John Pohl's Mesoamerica - Tikal
		TIKAL (circa A.D. At the same time that Teotihuacán was emerging to dominate the Basin of México, powerful Maya city states were expanding throughout the lowland jungles of Central America.
		Tikal then continued to dominate political affairs throughout the Central Petén until the end of the ninth century when the city was abandoned during the so-called Maya “collapse”.
		Tikal’s main plaza is bounded by the North Acropolis with its multiple temples dedicated to the memory of its early Classic rulers, and the Central Acropolis which served as the main palace during the Late Classic era.
	www.famsi.org /research/pohl/sites/tikal.html (258 words)

	Absolute Anime / Sonic X / Princess Tikal
		Tikal utilizes her spiritual power in the form of magical-earthy type moves that gain her an advantage in battle.
		Tikal can run very fast compared to her fellow treasure hunters, Knuckles and Rouge, can scale walls faster, and glide greater distances.
		Tikal is an ancient echidna from the echidna tribe, and also the daughter of the echidna's leader, Pacahamac.
	www.absoluteanime.com /sonic_x/tikal.htm (534 words)

	Tikal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Maya civilization.
		Tikal Temple II The closest large towns are Flores and Santa Elena, about 30 kilometers away.
		Tikal was one of the major cultural and population centers of the Maya civilization.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tikal (1010 words)

	Tikal the Echidna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tikal is named after a ruined Mayan city whose name means "bread", or "Place of Voices", and her father shares the name of both an Inca solar deity and a city of the Inca Empire.
		Tikal is the daughter of Chief Pachacamac and is said to have originated from the same tribe as Knuckles the Echidna.
		Tikal also appeared in the Archie comic book, Sonic the Hedgehog, in issue #79, #82, #83, and #84 (her artwork were all by Steven Butler, inked by Pam Eklund, and colored by Frank Gagliardo), and in the Sonic X comic book in issue #5 and #6.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tikal_the_Echidna (3454 words)

	Tikal
		Tikal floats between the past and the present in an effortless dream.
		Tikal is a living mausoleum to a culture that once flourished between 700 BC to 900 AD.
		Woods of Tikal are full of unexcavated mounds, underground passages, whispers of the past and boundless beauty of nature.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/7830/tikal.htm (789 words)

	Tikal and The Mirador Basin
		Tikal was one of the greatest and most populated cities of the Mayan civilization, at its peak sustaining some 200,000 people within its 30 square miles, according to some scientists.
		Tikal is one of the best-staffed protected areas in Guatemala.
		Just north of Tikal, the so-called Mirador Basin region is home to El Mirador, the largest ancient city of the Mayan world and the site of the two largest pyramids in the Americas.
	www.sacredland.org /world_sites_pages/Tikal.html (2333 words)

	Ancient Latin America (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The city of Tikal was the largest of the ancient Maya cities in Mesoamerica.
		There is evidence at Tikal that supports the theory that warfare led to the collapse of the Maya in the 9th century.
		This warfare is said to have caused the collapse of Tikal and the surrounding environment.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/archaeology/sites/meso_america/tikal.html (290 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Tikal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tikal is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Maya civilization.
		The ruins of Tikal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and can be visited by the public.
		It was used as background scenery of the Rebel Base in the film Star Wars.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Tikal (791 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tikal the Echidna (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Are of the race of the Echidna, daughter of Pachacamac the leader of the Echidnas.
		Tikal we found it in the region of "the Peten", in Guatemala.
		Tikal was populated from the century 700 A.C. to 900 D.C. The Mayan culture, between that were the inhabitants of Tikal, is classified at three basic times.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tikal-the-Echidna (1268 words)

	La Casa De Don David Tikal Hotel
		Tikal tours are readily available and it represents one of the very best values available for the adventurous traveler.
		Tikal is a great treasure in that so much as been done to restore many of the temples to their original condition, yet there are hundreds of sites that have been left as discovered.
		Tikal is a large influence on the area, so look for replicas of some of the temples and the dressed figures from the many images in the museum at Tikal.
	www.lacasadedondavid.com (4726 words)

	Tikal Hotels La Casa De Don David
		Tikal was one of the principal cities of the Maya civilization.
		Tikal is the most important on the Ruta Maya and clearly the most significant for seeing jungle and wildlife.
		Tikal ruins were officially discovered in 1848 and minor excavations commenced in 1877.
	www.lacasadedondavid.com /tikal.html (761 words)

	Tikal - guatemala and the maya biosphere
		The beauty of Tikal at sunrise and sunset is unforgettable as well as the activity in the jungle which may be presence at any time, all of these is what makes of Tikal a memorable place.
		Tikal is located at the southern extreme of the Tikal Biosphere Reserve in the northern Peten.
		Tikal contains 5 magnificent granite temples that tower above the floor of the Peten and reach over 200 feet into the air, high enough to see over the top of the forest canopy.
	riodulce.net /destinations/tikalmayabiosphere.htm (325 words)

	Tikal Tours - Tikal Guatemala
		Once one of the largest and most powerful cities of the Classic Period, Tikal was abruptly and mysteriously abandoned over 1000 years ago and disappeared over the centuries into the lush jungle.
		On top of the Lost World you will also have a chance to view the other inhabitants of the area, such as the howler and spider monkeys who play in the trees surrounding the temples, or listen to the over 410 species of birds, such as toucans, that bring music to the jungle canopy.
		Archaeologists estimate that the 16 square kilometers that has been excavated at Tikal is only a fraction of the entire site, leaving many visitors wishing they had more time to explore this ancient and magical city.
	www.larutamayaonline.com /tours/tikal/index.php (739 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Tikal, Guatemala — Exploring ancient history
		TIKAL, Guatemala —; The jungle rises 100 feet into the air, a rainforest of ceibas and mahogany and cedar trees.
		This is Tikal, in the tropics of Guatemala.
		Tikal was a premier trading and ceremonial center during the Classic period of Mayan culture, inhabited as a city from 200 B.C. to A.D. At its peak, it was home to about100,000 people.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,650208347,00.html (1407 words)

	Birdwatching in Tikal with Cayaya Birding, Birds of Tikal
		Tikal National Park is part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, the second largest Neotropical rainforest in the world after the Amazon basin.
		Tikal is a great place for birding, because of the unique mixture of Mayan ruins and the rainforest which conquered this place after the collapse of the Maya culture.
		Tikal then declined beginning in the ninth century AD and by the tenth century the city was abandoned until it was rediscovered by Fray Andrés de Avendaño in 1695.
	www.cayaya-birding.com /Tikal.htm (822 words)

	Tikal travel guide
		Tikal was one of the most important urban centers of the Mayan area during its time, if not the most important.
		The massive ruins of Tikal are concentrated at the center of the Tikal National Park (222 square miles).
		Beyond the Tikal settlement are plentiful populations of jaguar, puma and ocelot, as well as peccary, small deer and, as may be expected, snakes, for the most part harmless.
	www.world66.com /centralamericathecaribbean/guatemala/tikal (316 words)

	Tikal
		Tikal was one of the most powerful city-states in the Americas.
		Tikal (in Guatemala) was inhabited between roughly 800 B.C. and 900 A.D., and was home to 100,000 people at its height.
		These stelae, each of which once had an altar beside it, commemorate the rulers of Tikal, and their faces can still be seen today carved on one side of the large stone monuments.The nearby Temple of the Giant Jaguar is a 100-foot high pyramid concealing the tomb of Ahau Cacau, the divine ruler of Tikal.
	users.bigpond.net.au /Gary_Fletcher/tikal.html (1069 words)

	Side Trip to Tikal Mayan Ruins, Flores and Ixpanpajul, Guatemala from Belize with lodging at Francis Ford Coppola's ...
		The Tikal Mayan ruins in the Peten region of Guatemala are truly breathtaking -- and mysterious, as is the civilization that built Tikal almost 2000 years ago.
		The portion of Tikal that has been excavated and studied is about the size of Central Park in Manhattan, and a guide is highly recommended.
		Tikal (meaning Place of the Voices) is located about 40 miles from Flores on Lake Peten Itza, and is in the middle of the 230 square mile Tikal National Park.
	www.destinationsbelize.com /tikal-mayan-ruins-guatemala.htm (788 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the Tikal, Uaxactun and Dos Lagunas areas, the topography is undulating and soils are well drained (Lehnhoff and Perez, 1990).
		Tikal is one of five key areas for pilot work carried out by Paseo Pantera, a consortium of US and Central American governmantal and non-governmental agencies concerned with protecting biodiversity by means of a biological corridor extending from Guatemala through Panama (WWF and IUCN, 1997).
		Tikal National Park is administered by the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia.The biosphere reserve consists of a core area, cultural areas, areas of multiple use, a recovery area and a buffer zone (Lehnhoff Temme, 1990, WWF and IUCN, 1997).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/tikal.html (2043 words)

	Welcome to Tikal
		The site of Tikal is located in the rainforest environment of the Petén region of modern Guatemala and was occupied continuously from approximately 900 BC until the Terminal Classic period.
		This same Teotihuacan influence appears on Tikal Stela 31, a later monument that dates to the middle of the 5th century and retrospectively recorded the events of 378 AD.
		In a residential suburb of Tikal a shrine was constructed with a distinctly Teotihuacano talud-tablero façade.
	www.utexas.edu /cofa/a_ah/dir/precol/maya_tikal.html (1215 words)

	Mayan Ruins of Guatemala, Belize and Honduras (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The greatest concentration of Mayan ruins is in Mexico, which are awesome but heavily influenced by contact with, and conquest by, the Toltec peoples to the north.
		Tikal in Guatemala is probably the best restored example of classical Mayan style.
		Tikal was a prime city of the Maya.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/latamer/arc_camr.htm (1366 words)

	Vacation Information guide for Tikal by Hostelbookers
		Tikal eventually won under the inspired leadership of Toh Chac Ich'ak (Great Jaguar Paw), probably with the aid of the powerful highland centre of Kaminaljuyú – on the site of modern Guatemala City – which was itself allied with Teotihuacán, the ancient metropolis that dominated what is now central Mexico.
		The victors stamped their authority over the humiliated nobles of Tikal, smashing stelae, desecrating tombs and destroying written records, ushering in a 130-year hiatus during which no inscribed monuments were erected and Tikal was overshadowed by Caracol, supported by its powerful ally, Calakmul.
		The cause of Tikal's final downfall remains a mystery, but what is certain is that around 900 AD almost the whole of lowland Maya civilization collapsed.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/guatemala/tikal/vacation_information (984 words)

	Tikal Tours - Tikal Guatemala
		Once one of the largest and most powerful cities of the Classic Period, Tikal was abruptly and mysteriously abandoned over 1000 years ago and disappeared over the centuries into the lush jungle.
		On top of the Lost World you will also have a chance to view the other inhabitants of the area, such as the howler and spider monkeys who play in the trees surrounding the temples, or listen to the over 410 species of birds, such as toucans, that bring music to the jungle canopy.
		Archaeologists estimate that the 16 square kilometers that has been excavated at Tikal is only a fraction of the entire site, leaving many visitors wishing they had more time to explore this ancient and magical city.
	guatemalainns.com /tours/tikal (592 words)

	Tikal Guatemala Ruins 1
		Tikal is located in the Petén of Guatemala, about 50 miles northwest of the border with Belize.
		Tikal is not only a great engineering accomplishment of the Maya, but it is one of the jungle splendors of the Petén.
		During the apogee of the Maya empire, Tikal was the capital city, serving as a center of trade, an architectural style-setter, and the center of power and wealth.
	www.delange.org /Tikal1/Tikal1.htm (337 words)

	Tiwy.com - Guatemala, Photos of Tikal, 2004
		The park occupies 576 sq km, and the area of the Tikal complex does not exceed 16 sq km.
		According to historians, in the heyday Tikal used to have not less than 60 thousand dwellers and kept trade and economic (and diplomatic) relations with other civilisations of Mesoamerica.
		It was build in the period from 550 to 650 A.D. The Temple II is situated in the eastern party of the Big Square of Tikal.
	www.tiwy.com /pais/guatemala/guate_2004/tikal/eng.phtml (344 words)

	Information and history for Tikal Peten Guatemala.
		There is evidence of human presence at Tikal as early as 800 B.C., though the majority of the structures you will see were built from 550 A.D. to 900 A.D. During the 1,700 years of its existence, Tikal rose to become one of the most important Mayan centers in all of the Americas.
		At its peak, Tikal is said to have had between 10,000 and 40,000 inhabitants.
		The country's high deforestation rate results from the cutting of forests for firewood, agriculture, and timber exports, and is exacerbated by extreme poverty among Guatemala's rural populations.
	www.thegringosguide.com /PETENflores/TikalHistory.htm (651 words)

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