Archaeological sights in Guatemala City
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Parque Arqueológico Kaminaljuyú
The Parque Arqueológico Kaminaljuyú, with remnants of one of the first important cities in the Mayan region, is just west of 23a Av and is some 4km west of the city center. At its peak, from about 400 BC to AD 100, ancient Kaminaljuyú had thousands of inhabitants and scores of temples built on earth mounds, and probably dominated much of highland Guatemala.
Large-scale carvings found here were the forerunners of Classic Mayan carving, and Kaminaljuyú had a literate elite before anywhere else in the Mayan world.
The city fell into ruin before being reoccupied around AD 400 by invaders from Teotihuacán in central Mexico, who rebuilt it in Teotihuacán's talud-tablero st…
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Banco de Guatemala
More rewarding than you'd think is a visit to the Banco de Guatemala. The bank building bears relief sculptures by Dagoberto Vásquez depicting his country's history;
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