Tikal: Then and Now

One of the largest Classic Maya cities, whose temple pyramids rise above the rainforest of northern Guatemala.

Tikal, as it was — Tikal photographed by Alfred Maudslay in 1882. Alfred Percival Maudslay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country today	Guatemala
Status	Ruins
Date	AD 700
Location	17.222° N, 89.624° W

Map showing Tikal in AD 700 — Border map for AD 700. See the world in AD 700.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–324 BC	Maize farmers
323 BC–499	Maya chiefdoms and states
500–799	Maya states
800–1491	Maya city-states
1492–1499	Maya Yucateco
1500–1599	Maya city-states
1600–1879	Viceroyalty of New Spain
1880–today	Guatemala

Other landmarks nearby

Chichén ItzáRuins · AD 900

Battles and sites nearby

Tikal · AD 695

More: Historic landmarks of Guatemala · All landmarks