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🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic, Chenes (600–950 CE) · Maya — Chenes
Largest Chenes region city atop meseta between Puuc and Rio Bec, 60 km north-east of Hopelchén, famed for Palace of the Chac adorned with stacked Chenes masks and serpent mouth doorway leading to…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Maya Classic Late 500–800 CE · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes transitional)
76-m Temple-Palace with painted 147 m² vault fresco, 500–800 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Early to Late Classic, c.250–900 CE (I: c.400 CE, rebuild 600–700) · Maya (Kanul / Snake dynasty)
East Acropolis pyramid Structure I (? not largest Structure II 55 m, but I is 40 m) at Calakmul (c.250–900 CE, Classic megapower, rival of Tikal).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Preclassic to Postclassic Late 500 BCE–1525 CE, Acalan Chontal peak 1350–1525 · Maya (Chontal Acalan–Itzamkanac, Late Postclassic)
Secondary pyramid 18 m high with vaulted temple north of 21 m Principal Pyramid at Itzamkanac, island city of Chontal Acalan on Candelaria River delta into Laguna de Términos.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Maya Classic 250–900 CE · Maya (El Palmar dynasty)
Ridge-top Maya capital revealing Copán–Calakmul dynastic marriage, 250–900 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.600–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec – Chenes)
Main pyramid Structure XX at Chicanna (c.600–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec-Chenes transition), 12 m high temple-pyramid. Small tiered pyramid with Chenes false doorway and Río Bec twin-tower top?
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.550–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec)
Iconic three-tower pyramid Structure I at Xpujil (c.550–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec). Triple pyramid with three non-functional towers along 54 m facade, central stair leads to temple with Chenes…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.590–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec)
Twin-tower pyramid Structure VIII south of Becan moated citadel (c.590–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec). 12 m high, two hollow towers flanking central stair leading to upper temple with three rooms.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya · Maya (Kanul dynasty)
Powerful Classic Maya superpower (capital of Kanul Snake Kingdom, 6th–9th century) with 6,750 structures, twin reservoirs and stelae. Structure II is massive layered pyramid.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
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
Maya Classic and Chontal Postclassic · Maya (Chontal Acalan)
Chontal capital pyramid 25 m, Cuauhtémoc execution 1525.
