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Cahal Pech

Cahal Pech is a Maya site located near the Town of San Ignacio in the Cayo District of Belize. The site was a palacio home for an elite Maya family and dates back to as early as 400 AD. The site rests high near the banks of the Macal River and is a collection of 34 structures, with the tallest being roughly 25 m in height. The site was abandonned in the 9th century AD for unknown reasons.

The name Cahal Pech, meaning "place of ticks", was given when this site was a pasture during the first archeological studies in the 1950s.

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