Zapotec capital on flattened ridge 2 km mountain leveled 500 BCE: Grand Plaza 300 × 200 m with North Platform (pyramid 7 m + temple) and South Platform 15 m pyramid; Building J arrow-shaped 6 m…

🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan

Classic Teotihuacan (150–250 CE core; 250–600 CE modifications) · Teotihuacano (Central Mexican)

Feathered Serpent Pyramid (c.150–250 CE) at Teotihuacan's Ciudadela – talud-tablero façade encrusted with alternating feathered serpent and fire-serpent (Xiuhcoatl) heads with war-serpent headdresses.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

Comalcalco Archaeological Zone

Maya Classic 250–900 CE · Maya (Chontal)

Maya brick city 56 million bricks, Chontal 250–900 CE.

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Cerro Sechín Relief Wall — Yucatán (Merida)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age

Cerro Sechín Relief Wall in Yucatán, Mexico is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) temple complex attributed to Iron Age culture.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Edzná Archaeological Zone

Maya Late Preclassic–Late Classic 400 BCE–1450 CE · Maya (Chenés–Puuc)

Five-storey 32 m pyramid, 1.4 km hydraulic canal.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Yagul Archaeological Zone

Zapotec Postclassic 1250–1521 CE · Zapotec (Tlacolula valley)

Zapotec hill-fortress Palace Six Patios 1250–1400 CE, UNESCO 2010.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Channal

Late Classic Rio Bec 550–800 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)

Mid-size Rio Bec forest palace 7 km S of Okolhuitz on Becán–Hormiguero track. Structure II combines Chenes monster mask lower register with Rio Bec twin towers upper, indicating stylistic hybridity.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Mayapán Archaeological Zone

Maya Postclassic 1220–1440 CE · Maya (Cocom–League)

Walled capital 9 km wall, 4000 structures, League 1220–1440 CE.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Kohunlich Archaeological Zone

Maya Classic 200–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenés)

Temple of Masks five 3 m stucco masks, Rio Bec–Chenés.

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Sayil Archaeological Zone

Maya Late Classic 700–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)

70 m Gran Palacio 90 rooms, Puuc 800–1000 CE.

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Chacmultún East

Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE with Postclassic cave shrine reuse · Maya (Puuc cave shrine)

Hilltop Puuc palace above sacred caves of Chacmultún with permanent water pools and Postclassic red hand cave paintings.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

Plazuelas — Three Temples on Sierra Pénjamo Cliff

Epiclassic (600–900 CE) late Classic Bajío · Bajío (Tarascan ancestor) with Teotihuacan theme brazier

Plazuelas excavated by INAH 1998–, 1200 pecked spirals.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Chacchoben

Classic · Maya/Andean

Chacchoben — Gran Basamento 24 m.

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San Gervasio Cozumel

Postclassic (c.1200–1521 CE) Late Postclassic Cozumel–Mayapan league · Maya (East Coast – Cozumel)

San Gervasio (Tantún Cuzamil) is Cozumel island's paramount Late Postclassic pilgrimage capital at 15 m interior, 7 km west of San Miguel, Quintana Roo.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Tamtoc (Tamuín) – Huastec Metropolis

Preclassic to Postclassic Huastec (600 BCE–1520 CE, Florescent 600–900) · Huastec (Tenek – Maya linguistic isolate)

Great Huastec city (600 BCE–1520 CE, peak 600–900 CE) on Tampaón River bend covering 50 sq ha with 70 mounds, artificial lagoons and plazas: 21×40 mound group, Stepped Pyramid of the Moon, Temple of…

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Acanceh (Acancéh) Maya Palace City

Late Preclassic – Postclassic (300 BCE–1500 CE, mask palace 300–500 CE) · Maya (Northwestern Yucatán – Acanceh)

Maya town in central-north Yucatán occupied continuously 300–1500 CE with unique layered architecture: Early Classic steep step-pyramid buried under Palace of the Stuccos (1st c.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Cacaxtla

Epiclassic (650 – 900 CE) · Olmeca-Xicalanca

Cacaxtla in Tlaxcala, Mexico is a Epiclassic (650 – 900 CE) ancient city attributed to Olmeca-Xicalanca culture.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

Teopanzolco Pyramid Complex (Cuernavaca)

Late Postclassic (Tlahuica / Aztec) · Tlahuica / Aztec

Tlahuica twin-temple pyramid at Teopanzolco — 35×25 m double pyramid c.1200 CE with 11 nests; 2017 earthquake revealed hidden Tlaloc temple.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village

Cueva del Quiotepec and Cerro Quiotepec

Monte Albán Late I - IIIb (500 BCE–800 CE) · Zapotec (Monte Albán state – Cuicatlán colony)

Zapotec military-agricultural outpost (500 BCE–800 CE, fortress phase 300–700 CE) crowning Cerro Quiotepec massif at confluence of Río Santo Domingo and Río Grande forming Río Papaloapan: hilltop…

🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Chichén Itzá — Caracol Ancillary Platform North

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture; Maya

Chichén Itzá — Caracol Ancillary Platform North in Yucatán, Chichén Itzá, Caracol, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

Xochitecatl

Formative–Epiclassic 800 BCE–950 CE · Apizaco / Tlaxcala tradition (Central Highlands)

Fertility hilltop with Flower Pyramid: 2000 female figurines, spindle whorls and needle offerings on spiral pyramid.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Lagartero

Classic Maya Late Classic 300–900 CE · Maya (Lakamtuun polity)

Island Maya city on karst lakes: 30 islands linked by causeways with temple islets and raised fields.

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Comalcalco — North Plaza

Monte Albán Ceremonial Platforms

Temple of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan

Comalcalco Archaeological Zone

Cerro Sechín Relief Wall — Yucatán (Merida)

Edzná Archaeological Zone

Yagul Archaeological Zone

Channal

Mayapán Archaeological Zone

Kohunlich Archaeological Zone

Sayil Archaeological Zone

Chacmultún East

Plazuelas — Three Temples on Sierra Pénjamo Cliff

Chacchoben

San Gervasio Cozumel

Tamtoc (Tamuín) – Huastec Metropolis

Acanceh (Acancéh) Maya Palace City

Cacaxtla

Teopanzolco Pyramid Complex (Cuernavaca)

Cueva del Quiotepec and Cerro Quiotepec

Chichén Itzá — Caracol Ancillary Platform North

Xochitecatl

Lagartero

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