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   ocr: Tikal, Guatemala About Tikal Tikal was once a thriving metropolitan center of the magnificent Maya civilization. In the year 600, at the height of Tikal's power and importance, this ceremonial center had about 10,000 people and the outlying area another 50,000. Today the ruins of the citys stone palaces, temple pyramids and spacious plazas speak of the greatness ofa TIKAL vanished civilization.