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[[Image:Calakmul 2.jpg|thumb|280px|right]]
[[Image:Calakmul 2.jpg|thumb|280px|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]]. The site is listed as a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]].
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.