La Corona

La Corona
Adrian Hernandez · CC BY-SA 4.0

La Corona is an ancient Maya court residence in Guatemala's Petén department, discovered in 1996 and identified as the long-sought 'Site Q', the source of a series of unprovenanced limestone reliefs of exceptional artistic quality [1]. The site's Classical Maya name was Sak-Nikte' ('White-Flower') [1].

TypeSettlement
Period500 - 1000 AD
CountryGuatemala
Coordinates17.5242° N, 90.3714° W

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