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[[Image:Calakmul.jpg|right]]
[[Image:Calakmul.jpg|right]]
'''Calakmul''' is an ancient [[Maya]]n city in [[Campeche]], [[Mexico]]. It is located in the southern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, set deep in the tropical forest of the "Tierras Bajas" of easthern Mexico.
'''Calakmul''' is an ancient [[Maya]]n city in [[Campeche]], [[Mexico]]. It is located in the southern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, set deep in the tropical forest of the "Tierras Bajas" of easthern [[Mexico]].
Explorer Cyrus Longworth Lundell discovered Calakmul in 1931. Lundell called it "the city of two adjacent mounds" from the Mayan words ''ca'' (two), ''lak'' (nearby) and ''mul'' (mound) or the "Two Adjacent Pyramids". Later the city was explored by American archeologist William J. Folan between 1984 and 1994.
Explorer Cyrus Longworth Lundell discovered Calakmul in 1931. Lundell called it "the city of two adjacent mounds" from the Mayan words ''ca'' (two), ''lak'' (nearby) and ''mul'' (mound) or the "Two Adjacent Pyramids". Later the city was explored by American archeologist William J. Folan between 1984 and 1994.
Calakmul and [[Tikal]] were neighbours and important maya centers. [[Chichen Itza]], another important city, was built after the collapse of them.
Calakmul and [[Tikal]] were neighbours and important maya centers. [[Chichen Itza]], another important city, was built after the collapse of them.
''"Tikal and Calakmul hated each other's guts, fought wars, captured each other's kings and more to the point they generated alliances around them."'' Professor Peter Mathews from La Trobe University in Australia.
''"Tikal and Calakmul hated each other's guts, fought wars, captured each other's kings and more to the point they generated alliances around them."'' Professor Peter Mathews from La Trobe University in [[Australia]].
== Reserve ==
== Reserve ==
Calakmul is situated in the middle of the Calakmul biosphere reserve, the largest tropical forest reserve in Mexico (1,800,000 acres).
Calakmul is situated in the middle of the Calakmul biosphere reserve, the largest tropical forest reserve in Mexico (1,800,000 acres).
== References ==
== References ==
ERICSON, Jenny, Mark S. Freudenberger, and Eckart Boege. 1999. Population Dynamics, Migration, and the Future of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Occasional Paper No.1. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advance-ment of Science and Program on Population and Sustainable Development.
ERICSON, Jenny, Mark S. Freudenberger, and Eckart Boege. 1999. Population Dynamics, Migration, and the Future of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Occasional Paper No.1. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advance-ment of Science and Program on Population and Sustainable Development.
== See also ==
== See also ==