Lamanai Mayan Ruins

Belize / Orange Walk /
 pyramid, temple, ruins, ancient, dock (maritime), Maya civilization, interesting place

Lamanai, (from Lama'anayin, "submerged crocodile" in Yucatec Maya) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a considerably sized city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium earlier in Maya inscriptions as Lam'an'ain.
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Coordinates:   17°45'56"N   88°39'5"W
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