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The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the Maya Region of southern Mesoamerica, which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eastwards, including the entire Yucatán Peninsula.
The Templo Redondo with a Mayan carving in the foreground. In 1841 John L. Stephens was the first to document parts of the Mayapan site with two important illustrations. The first was of the Q-152 round temple, and the second was of the Pyramid of Kukulkan. He was the first in a long string of explorers who drew the ruins of Mayapan.
Palace of the Masks detail. 2002 photo Map of the Kabah Maya archeological zone. The most famous structure at Kabah is the "Palace of the Masks", the façade decorated with hundreds of stone masks of the long-nosed rain god Chaac; it is also known as the Codz Poop, meaning "Rolled Matting", from the pattern of the stone mosaics. [1]
A Mayan fire ceremony and human rights rally held at Iximche on 21 December 2012, attended by locals and tourists alike. The majority of visitors to Iximche are indigenous Maya, at the weekend the site attracts about 250 visitors per day. [17] Comparatively few tourists visit the ruins and the majority that do are Guatemalan nationals. [17]
The city may have had the most diverse population in the Maya world, a factor that could have contributed to the variety of architectural styles at the site. [ 3 ] The ruins of Chichén Itzá are federal property, and the site's stewardship is maintained by Mexico's Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (National Institute of ...
Sellers at the Mayan Ruins block Chichén Itzá entrance People surround the Kukulcan Pyramid at the Mayan archaeological site of Chichén Itzá in Yucatan state of Mexico during the celebration ...
The ruins lie in the south of Mexico's Quintana Roo state, [7] a short distance inland from the Bacalar Lagoon. [8] The ruins of the city are situated on a raised area surrounded by an extensive area of seasonal swampland, known as a bajo , featuring particularly fertile soils.
Coba (Spanish: Cobá) is an ancient Maya city on the Yucatán Peninsula, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.The site is the nexus of the largest network of stone causeways of the ancient Maya world, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period (AD 600–900) of Mesoamerican civilization. [1]