Portal:Mesoamerica/Did you know/June 2013

... that Temple V (pictured) of the Classic Period Maya archaeological site of Tikal, in Guatemala, was the first pyramid to be discovered at the site?
... that the Maya site of El Puente in Honduras was founded by the great city of Copán to control the crossroads of two trade routes?
... that the important Mesoamerican archaeological site of Cara Sucia in El Salvador was severely damaged by looters after the Land Reform Programme of 1980?