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Guatemala to open park at ancient Maya ruins

Guatemala will create a tourist park at the ruins of an ancient Maya city that is home to one of the world's largest pyramids, the country's president said on Monday.

The Maya built soaring temples and elaborate palaces in Central America and southern Mexico before mysteriously abandoning their cities around 900 A.D.

Recently elected Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said the park would give tourists access to the Mirador archeological site, which contains hundreds of buildings that have been reclaimed by the Peten jungle in the north of the country.

"Among the structures is the world's most massive pyramid and I think it even beats the Egyptians by around a meter," Colom said.
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