🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Calakmul Structure II Tomb 1
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Calakmul Structure II Tomb 1 in Campeche, Calakmul, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Mitla Palace of Columns North Group
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Mitla Palace of Columns North Group in Oaxaca, Mitla, Mexico is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chacchoben Maya City
Middle Preclassic–Postclassic Maya (700 BCE–1200 CE, flourished 300–900) · Maya (Sarteneja – southern Quintana Roo)
Middle Preclassic to Terminal Classic Maya town (700 BCE–1200 CE, major 300–900) in southern Quintana Roo jungles: 3 temple pyramids (Gran Basamento 7 m high 70 m long, Temple 24 with red-painted…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Xochicalco Mountain
Epiclassic (650 – 900 CE) · Central Mexican Epiclassic
Xochicalco Mountain in Morelos, Mexico is a Epiclassic (650 – 900 CE) ancient city attributed to Central Mexican Epiclassic culture. UNESCO 1999. Observatory cave with 6-month solar 30 cm beam.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chicanná Structure II Pyramid — Bec Valley
Late Classic Maya, c.600-830 CE (Río Bec–Chenés, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec–Chenés)
Chicanná (House of Serpent Mouth, Bec Valley, Campeche) Structure II: 4-crown Río Bec pyramid (12 m high) with steep false stair, twin pseudo-temples and central monster-mouth portal (Chenés witz…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Becán
Late Classic to Terminal/Postclassic 550–1200 CE (Río Bec apogee 730–830) · Maya (Río Bec–Chenés, between Calakmul and Chenés region)
Major Río Bec–Chenés fortified Maya capital surrounded by unique 2 km-long, 16 m-wide, 5 m-deep continuous ditch-moat (English ‘Be’ecs ditch’) enclosing 25 ha core – only fully ditched major Maya…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Culhuacan
Epiclassic–Postclassic (Coyotlatelco–Aztec) · Toltec–Colhua / Basin Postclassic
Toltec-Colhua capital (600–1400 CE) on Lake Xochimilco — 8 pyramids beneath Cerro de la Estrella, Mexica legitimacy ancestor.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Kulubá Archaeological Zone
Late Classic–Early Postclassic (600–1200 CE) · Maya (Eastern Yucatán – Cupul province)
Late Classic–Postclassic eastern Yucatán dense town (600–1200 CE) 35 km SE of Tizimín, 6 sq km with 3 core groups (Group A palace 70×50 m, Group B temple pyramid 8 m, Group C ballcourt) of…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chunchucmil
Early Classic · Maya (Northwest Yucatan)
Grided Classic metropolis (350–650 CE) on NW Yucatan desert — 79 quadrangles, 30k at 300/km² without cenote.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Río Bec Structure V-N Central Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Río Bec Group V Structure V-N central pyramid: 20×15 m base, 18 m high with false twin towers, steep stair (55°) to ornamented temple with Chaak masks and medial moulding.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Xpujil Structure I Three-Temple Pyramid — Chenes
Late Classic Maya, c.500-800 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Xpujil Structure I: 19 m high Río Bec pyramid with three solid towers each bearing false temple with Chenés mask, atop unified base with 12 doorways leading to 12 rooms on two levels.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Northern Yucatan Hilltop Central — Yucatan (55-25)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Northern Yucatan Hilltop Central — Yucatan (55-25) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Chacmultún Platform Pyramid (Puuc)
Late Classic (Puuc) · Maya (Puuc)
Puuc platform pyramid at Chacmultún — 10 m stepped platform with 4 palaces and painted red murals c.700 CE above Labná caves.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
El Meco (Bel'maan) Maya Port
Late Classic to Late Postclassic East Coast (600–1520 CE, peak 1200–1520) · Maya (East Coast – Cupul / Ecab)
Ancient Beel'maan port city (600–1520 CE, port apex 1200–1520) 8 km north of Cancún on Caribbean beach ridge: 14 structures around plaza dominated by El Castillo 12.5-m-high five-stage pyramid-temple…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dzibanché
Early–Late Classic · Maya (Kaan–Chenés frontier)
First Kaan (Snake) capital (300–900 CE) — 28-m Kinichná Acropolis with wooden lintel inscriptions.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Cantona Acropolis Pyramid (Terrace City)
Epiclassic (600–950 CE) · Olmeca-Xicalanca (?) / Cantona culture
Lava-field megacity Cantona Acropolis (600–1000 CE): 12 km² terraced pyramid city on basalt malpaís with 24 ballcourts, 500 causeways, 12 m Acropolis pyramid at 2550 m.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Kulubá
Late–Terminal Classic · Maya (Eastern Yucatan Chenes–Puuc)
Newly revealed palace city (600–1050 CE) SE of Tizimín — 55-m-long Group C palace.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Aké Archaeological Site
Late Preclassic–Postclassic (300 BCE–1520 CE, column hall 600–800 CE) · Maya (North-central Yucatán – Izamal sphere)
Maya city (300 BCE–1520 CE) walled by two concentric walls: inner 4 km sq core with 15 structures includingStructure 1— 30×30 m megalithic column hall 40+ stone columns 5 m high weighing 8 tons atop…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Becan Structure VIII Twin-Tower Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-830 CE (Río Bec–Chenés, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Becan (Békan) 1.7 km moat-and-earthwork-walled city (Campeche): 25 ha nucleated center unlike dispersed Río Bec — Structure VIII 32 m high Río Bec pyramid with twin solid towers flanking central…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Xochicalco — Observatory North Vent Shaft (Morelos)
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Xochicalco — Observatory North Vent Shaft (Morelos) in Morelos, Xochicalco, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed t…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Teotihuacan — Moon Plaza North Avenue Ancillary
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Teotihuacan — Moon Plaza North Avenue Ancillary in State of Mexico, Teotihuacan, Moon Plaza, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient …
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Hormiguero Structure II Pyramid — Chenes-Rio Bec
Late Classic Maya, c.600-800 CE (Chenés–Río Bec transitional) · Maya (Chenés–Río Bec)
Hormiguero Structure II: 45 m long palatial pyramid (8 m high) with central monster-mouth portal identical to Chicanná Structure II but more elaborate Chenés masks (up to 2.5 m nose) plus Río Bec…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Hormiguero Structure II Pyramid (Chenés)
Late Classic Maya (Chenés) · Maya (Chenés / Río Bec)
Chenés monster-mouth pyramid Structure II at Hormiguero — 12 m stepped pyramid with 6 m Witz doorway c.600–850 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Huapalcalco
Late Formative–Epiclassic 450 BCE–900 CE (Tula antecedent) · Toltec-Chichimec / Teotihuacano
Transition pyramid with Archaic cave paintings and early Toltec atlante precursors between Teotihuacan and Tula.