In Guatemala, painted altar found at Tikal adds new context to Maya history

Posted by pseudolus 3 days ago

In Guatemala, painted altar found at Tikal adds new context to Maya history(phys.org)

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ashishb 23 hours ago

Guatemala is the most underrated country in Latin America. Tikal is one of the best Mayan sites. I enjoyed my visit a few years back https://ashishb.net/travel/guatemala/

kmarc 21 hours ago||

Oh the memories. Did the same as you, and extended my Antigua stay for a 2+ week workation (timezone is neatly lining up with US).

It is an underrated country, I remember that after Tikal I ended up at ChichenItza and it just felt boring (and way too touristy) compared to the lush jungle beauty in Tikal and Yaxhá.

ashishb 20 hours ago||

> It is an underrated country, I remember that after Tikal I ended up at ChichenItza and it just felt boring (and way too touristy) compared to the lush jungle beauty in Tikal and Yaxhá.

Yeah, Chichen Itza has its pleasure of being a comfortable but touristy place. Tikal is much better for travelers, though.

pkkim 22 hours ago||

Nice write-up. What's the deal with the transcription of the place names into Devanagari?

SanjayMehta 21 hours ago||

Easier to pronounce; Devanagari is phonetic.

ashishb 20 hours ago||

Exactly :)