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This ends my updates to Belize to see many more go to my Belize Set. It was misting when we went to this site.

Structure A-6, a pyramid known as "El Castillo," the second tallest structure in Belize, at some 130 feet (40 m) tall.

This is the site of Xunantunich (shoo-NAHN-too-nich), it is a Maya archaeological site in western Belize. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, within sight of the Guatemala border. Its name means "Stone Woman" in the Maya language, and, like many names given to Maya archaeological sites, is a modern name; the ancient name is currently unknown. The "Stone Woman" refers to the ghost of a woman claimed by several people to inhabit the site. She is dressed completely in white, and has fire-red glowing eyes. She generally appears in front of El Castillo; ascends up the stone stairs and disappears into a stone wall.

Most of the structures date from the Maya Classic Era, about 200 to 900 AD. There is evidence that some structures were damaged by an earthquake while they were occupied; this earthquake may have been a reason for the site's abandonment
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