The Mayan Ruins

The Mayan ruins of Lamanai (Mayan for “Submerged Crocodile”) are located on the banks of the 30 mile long New River Lagoon in North Central Belize. Lamanai is spread across 950 acres, and has one of the longest continuous occupation spans in the Mayan world: over 3,000 years, from 1,500 B.C. to the 19th century. Lamanai has 718 mapped structures that lie stretched out along the shore of the New River Lagoon. It was excavated by David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum beginning in 1974. Lamanai is set in a tropical forest and provides outstanding views from the largest temple, N10-43. Lamanai provides a unique experience in the culture of the Maya and the biological diversity of a tropical forest. previous page pages 1 2 3 4 ALL next page previous page pages 1 2 3 4 ALL next page comment | share Type your message and click Add Comment It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest. Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name Name Email help private comment William Vogt 05-Feb-2007 14:37 Thanks Linda, We were in Belize for two weeks and we stayed on Ambergris Caye. Our visit to Lamanai was for the entire day, mostly by boat. It was well worth it. Watch out for the mosquitos though! :-) Regards, Bill Linda 05-Feb-2007 04:47 Your photos are so beautiful, I just wonder how long you were there to get these fabulous pictures. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to more of your photos. click on thumbnails for full image