Naj Tunich
Naj Tunich (pronounced "Nah Too-Neech") is a natural cave and an important archaeological site in Guatemala. The discovery of the Naj Tunich caves, in Poptún southern Peten, Guatemala, in 1979 initiated the interest for Cave Archeology among Mayanists. Naj Tunich is the preeminent of Maya cave sites, boasting the most cave architecture ever found, the only elite masonry tombs reported from caves and the largest (and most exceptional) corpus of Maya cave inscriptions and paintings. The investigation of the site throughout the 1980s and the attempt to understand its obvious importance was the catalyst that led to the formation of the field of Maya cave archaeology. Naj Tunich has dozens of hieroglyphic texts and figures, as well as some handprints and about a half dozen incised petroglyphs.
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Naj Tunich
Naj Tunich (pronounced "Nah Too-Neech") is a natural cave and an important archaeological site in Guatemala. The discovery of the Naj Tunich caves, in Poptún southern Peten, Guatemala, in 1979 initiated the interest for Cave Archeology among Mayanists. Naj Tunich is the preeminent of Maya cave sites, boasting the most cave architecture ever found, the only elite masonry tombs reported from caves and the largest (and most exceptional) corpus of Maya cave inscriptions and paintings. The investigation of the site throughout the 1980s and the attempt to understand its obvious importance was the catalyst that led to the formation of the field of Maya cave archaeology. Naj Tunich has dozens of hieroglyphic texts and figures, as well as some handprints and about a half dozen incised petroglyphs.
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La Cueva de Naj Tunich se encu ...... desde el 8 de febrero de 1985.
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La scoperta delle grotte di Na ...... fosse pensato fino ad allora.
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Naj Tunich (pronounced "Nah To ...... mplex than previously thought.
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Naj Tunich est une grotte de f ...... atrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.
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Naj Tunich é uma gruta natural ...... locais habitados pelos deuses.
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Нах-Тунич, Naj Tunich, на язык ...... ены гомосексуальных отношений.
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Part of a Naj Tunich wall draw ...... g ritual genital bloodletting.
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La Cueva de Naj Tunich se encu ...... desde el 8 de febrero de 1985.
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La scoperta delle grotte di Na ...... iscrizioni rupestri e pitture.
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Naj Tunich (pronounced "Nah To ...... alf dozen incised petroglyphs.
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Naj Tunich est une grotte de f ...... atrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.
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Naj Tunich é uma gruta natural ...... guma vez encontrado em grutas.
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Нах-Тунич, Naj Tunich, на язык ...... ены гомосексуальных отношений.
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