Ruinas De Tazumal, El Salvador

In the Quiche language the name Tazumal means Pyramid Where the Victims Were Burned. The Maya ruins of Tazumal, considered the most important in El Salvador, are in the town of Chalchuapa, 13 km west of Santa Ana and on the way to Ahuachapan. The excavated ruins on display here are only one part of a zone covering about 10 sq km, much of it buried under the town. Archeologists estimate that the first settlements in the area were around 5000 BC, The excavated structures date from a period spanning over 1000 years.