Mystery of the Maya: Grandeur of classic era still graces Tikal's ruins.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: September 8, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

You don't have to bushwack to get to Lord Chocolate's tomb, but you do have to walk a sweaty mile on a jungle path. Along the way, you can ogle ceiba trees that soar far above the Guatemalan rain-forest canopy and listen to the unholy shriek of howler monkeys.

This rutted path was once the Maya Causeway, a great highway connecting ancient Central American cities. Now it's overgrown with cedar and mahogany and inhabited by leaf-cutter ants, neon-color macaws and parrots.

Suddenly, the limestone top of a pyramid juts above the green canopy, a vision straight out of ...

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