Embark on a journey that takes you into the sleeping and burial grounds of ancient maya royalty caracol which means snail in spanish is the largest maya site in belize covering about 75 square miles occupied around 1200 bc but its epicenter was not populated until around 650 bc and was abandoned in approximately 950 ad with the entire site abandoned by 1050 ad caana meaning sky palace the main pyramid at caracol houses 4 palaces and 3 temples and remains the tallest building in m