Seibal, known as El Ceibal in Spanish, is a Classic Period archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the northern Petén Department of Guatemala, about 100 km SW of Tikal. It was the largest city in the Pasión River region.
Structure A-3 at Seibal.
Stela 11 at Seibal.
Part of relief at the base of Dos Pilas Stela 16 showing both the Seibal emblem glyph and the face of Yich'aak B'alam
Detail of Stela 11 at Seibal, showing king Wat'ul Chatel.
Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of prehispanic Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian ; the Archaic, the Preclassic or Formative (2500 BCE – 250 CE), the Classic (250–900 CE), and the Postclassic (900–1521 CE); as well as the post European contact Colonial Period (1521–1821), and Postcolonial, or the period after independence from Spain (1821–present).
Olmec Stone Mask.
Structure 102 in Yarumela.
Recreation of Temple Rosalila at the Mayan Sculpture Museum, Honduras
Tikal ruins, Guatemala.