Museo de Arqueología Maya


The Museo de Arqueología Maya is worth a visit. The exhibits include some of the best excavated ceramics, fragments from the altars and the supports of the Maya ruins, an insight into the Maya’s sophisticated use of calendars and a re-creation of a female shaman’s tomb. Some descriptions have English translations.


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