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<body bgcolor="#993300" text="#CCCCCC" link="#33FFCC" vlink="#330066" alink="#CC00CC"> <center> <br> <table id="wrapper"> <tr valign="top"> <td id="pagecontent"> <table width="544" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" border="0"> <tr align="left"> <td align="left" valign="top" height="53"><img src="/wgbh/nova/maya/images/mayanova.gif" alt="NOVA Online (see text links below)" width="544" height="53" border="0" usemap="#mayanova"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="544" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" border="0"> <tr align="left"> <td width="116" align="left" valign="top"><img src="/wgbh/nova/maya/images/mayanav.gif" alt="Lost King of the Maya" width="116" height="275" usemap="#mayanav" border="0"></td> <td width="428" align="left" valign="top"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva" size="3"><br>  <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="260"> <tr><td width="10"><br></td><td width="250"><A href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans1_01.html" name="n01"><img src="/wgbh/nova/maya/images/worl_stela.jpg" alt="Stela" width="250" height="189" border="0"></a><br> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#FF9900">Carved stela at Copán. </font><HR></td></tr></table> <font size="4"><b>Map of the Maya World</b><br><br></font> In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities across a vast swath of Central America. Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán to Copán, about 400 miles to the south in modern-day Honduras. Each bore ceremonial centers where theocratic rulers practiced a complex religion based on a host of gods, a unique calendar, and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. Using the labels on or below the map below, visit 15 of the better-known Maya sites. <br clear=all><a name="map"> </a><br> <center><img src="/wgbh/nova/maya/images/worl_map.gif" width="272" height="407" alt="Map" border="0" usemap="#maya_world_map_frameless" hspace=5></center> <br clear=all> <font size="2"> <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans2.html#bonampak">Bonampak</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans3.html#sayil">Sayil</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans1.html#uxmal">Uxmal</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans2.html#yaxchilan">Yaxchilán</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans2.html#tikal">Tikal</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans3.html#seibal">Seibal</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans2.html#quirigua">Quiriguá</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans3.html#copan">Copán.</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans2.html#caracol">Caracol</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans3.html#altunha">Altun Ha</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans3.html#uaxactun">Uaxactún</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans3.html#tonina">Toniná</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans1.html#palenque">Palenque</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans1.html#tulum">Tulum</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/worl_sans1.html#chichen">Chichén Itzá</a><br><br></font> <br clear=all><br> <br><br><br>   </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/world.html">Map of the Maya World</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/travel.html">Incidents of Travel</a><br> <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/copan.html">Tour Copán with David Stuart</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/glyphs.html">Reading Maya Hieroglyphs</a><br> <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/resources.html" target="_top">Resources</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2804maya.html" target="_top">Transcript</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/textindex.html" target="_top">Site Map</a> | <a href="/wgbh/nova/maya/" target="_top">Lost King of the Maya Home</a> <br></font>   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