Guatemala's magnificent Tikal maintains Mayan mysteries.

From: Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: July 19, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Gerry Volgenau

TIKAL, Guatemala _ It was early morning and very dark. The false dawn had yet to offer its glow.

After a steep climb with flashlights, we finally found a spot to sit high atop an ancient Mayan pyramid known as the Temple of the Double-Headed Serpent.

In this predawn, in this spot whose name means "the place of spirits," my imagination began to swing wide.

The pyramid is the tallest at Tikal at 212 feet high, and, i...

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