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| Artist�s reconstruction of the burning of Cihuatan. |
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| A giant metropolis once flourished in what is now El Salvador, rising from the ruins of Maya civilization. The city of Cihuat�n has long remained Central America's least known and most spectacular treasure. |
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| Cihuatan ("see-wah-TAHN"), The name means "place of the woman," from the imagined silhouette of a woman ("cihua") lying on her back along the ridge of the nearby Guazapa Volcano. |
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| Guazapa Volcano forms the outline of a woman�s head and torso, with her head to the left. She is traditionally identified as the "Cihua," an important prehispanic goddess still present in local folklore. |
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| Pyramid I |
| Ball court |
| For more information go to Cihuatan |