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Where the Maya once ruled a great city

This stone pyramid stands in the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala. Long ago, it was part of one of the largest Maya cities in Central America. The video captures the temple rising above the jungle ...
The peak of La Danta—one of the world's largest pyramids—pokes through the forest canopy. "All this was abandoned nearly 2,000 years ago," says archaeologist Richard Hansen. "It's like finding Pompeii ...