The ruins of Tikal in Guatemala, are the remains of a great Maya city. The Maya were an American Indian people who built a magnificent civilization in Central America and southern Mexico. The civilization reached its peak from about A.D. 250 to 900.
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World Book photo by Joya Hairs</P>
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