Abstract

Tikal is one of the most famous and important cities of the Mayan area (Fig. 1), and Mesoamerica in general, and is the largest pre-Hispanic city that exists in Guatemala (Gómez 2013: 10). In addition, it has been one of the most studied by researchers of this culture and has a large corpus of inscriptions that covers from the Early Classic to the Late Classic. It was discovered on February 26, 1848 by the Corregidor de Petén, Colonel Modesto Méndez, guided by the Governor of Petén Ambrosio Tut, who were accompanied by the artist Eusebio Lara to draw the findings (Gómez 2013: 10).