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?