In this place, 2000 years ago, the Mayans built a city estimated to be at least 60 square kilometers in area. In the three square kilometers at this site which have so far been excavated, more than 30 stepped pyramids have been discovered, the tallest, more than 20 storeys in height.
一千五百年前，馬雅人在此建立了方圓至少六十平方公里的城市；它的全部範圍至今不明，但在發掘不及三平方公里的地區，已經有數十座的方形金字塔，最高的達二十多層樓高。