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El Mirador, Guatemala:
Hidden amidst 2,000 years of jungle growth in North Guatemala is the less-known 'Mirador Basin' which is also known as the Cradle of Maya Civilization.
Each of its pre-classic Maya cities - El Mirador, Nakbe, Xulnal, Tintal, and Wakna are larger and older than the well-known Tikal by almost 1,000 years. Their astonishing novelty comprise gigantic temples and pyramids, as well as La Danta, the largest-recognized pyramid in the world calculated by volume, and the ruins of the world's earliest highway system. Archeologists have also unearthed a massive limestone frieze that dates back to 200 B.C. . But an upsetting seventy percent of the forest has been cleared off for illegal logging and farming for cash crops in just a decade.
Hidden amidst 2,000 years of jungle growth in North Guatemala is the less-known 'Mirador Basin' which is also known as the Cradle of Maya Civilization.
Each of its pre-classic Maya cities - El Mirador, Nakbe, Xulnal, Tintal, and Wakna are larger and older than the well-known Tikal by almost 1,000 years. Their astonishing novelty comprise gigantic temples and pyramids, as well as La Danta, the largest-recognized pyramid in the world calculated by volume, and the ruins of the world's earliest highway system. Archeologists have also unearthed a massive limestone frieze that dates back to 200 B.C. . But an upsetting seventy percent of the forest has been cleared off for illegal logging and farming for cash crops in just a decade.
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1: Buddy, this is not Bara Imambara's photo. Go ahead, google it and put the correct photo.
Posted by: Amit Srivastava - 25 Nov, 2011
