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Eventually, a growing population and an increasing level of drought spelled the end for Tikal.
MSN: Sustainable tech saw the ancient Maya through drought
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Nonetheless, modern people may be able to take lessons from the long-lived Tikal technology, he said.
MSN: Sustainable tech saw the ancient Maya through drought
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On your last day, tour Tikal National Park, home to one of the world's most famous pre-Columbian sites.
BBC: Daily deal: A Guatemalan escape
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"Tikal, surrounded by ever-creeping vegetation and screeching wildlife, and since 1996 once again used for rituals by the Mayan people, feels organic and strangely vivid, " says The New York Times.
BBC: Daily deal: A Guatemalan escape
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Spotlighted destinations include Tikal, Guatemala -- which prompted BBC Travel reader Alex Berger to comment that he thinks Tikal is "far more impressive than Chichen Itza.... if you can get there!"
BBC: In brief: A new airline called Wow and other travel tweets
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You and a fellow adventurer will receive five nights in five-star accommodations, daily breakfast, domestic airfare from Tikal at the Munda Maya International Airport to Guatemala City, round-trip airport transfers, and guided tours of a Guatemalan coffee farm, Lake Atitlan, and Tikal National Park.
BBC: Daily deal: A Guatemalan escape