🇲🇽 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
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir A — Teotihuacan (56-21)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Little Teotihuacan Reservoir A — Teotihuacan (56-21) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) pyramid of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Western Yucatan Village North — Yucatan (55-19)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Western Yucatan Village North — Yucatan (55-19) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) temple complex of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 CE for village and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Calakmul — Structure II North Facade Mask (Campeche)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Calakmul — Structure II North Facade Mask (Campeche) in Campeche, Calakmul, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kin…
🇲🇽 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 · Temple complex
Coatetelco
Late Postclassic (Aztec) · Aztec (Tlahuica)
Lakeside Aztec temple center (1200–1521 CE) on Lake Coatetelco — 8-m pyramid on island causeway.
🇲🇽 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 · 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
Comalcalco — North Plaza
Late Classic Maya 600–900 CE · Maya (Chontal-Jaina, Gulf)
Northern brick barrio of only brick-built Maya city: three temples with stamped oyster-shell bricks on swamp platform.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tomb
Monte Albán — Tomb 7 Ancillary Niche (Oaxaca)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Monte Albán — Tomb 7 Ancillary Niche (Oaxaca) in Oaxaca, Monte Albán, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom …
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
La Joya
Classic Veracruz 100–1000 CE · Classic Veracruz (Remojadas-Early Gulf)
26-m earthen platform pyramid on Gulf coastal plain, 100–1000 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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Cave
Cave of Mela
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Cave of Mela in Chiapas, Mexico is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) cave attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Izamal — Kinich Kakmó Pyramid North Face Remnant
Preclassic to Classic (400 BCE–600 CE Preclassic megapyramid 195 m base) · Maya Early northern gigantic pyramid city (6 pyramid hills over 53 ha)
Izamal excavated by INAH, Kinich Kakmó 22 m hill biggest Yucatán megapyramid volume.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Ek Balam
Late Classic Maya 600–850 CE · Maya (Talol kingdom)
146-m Acropolis with jaguar stucco frieze, 600–850 CE Maya city.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Paquimé (Casas Grandes)
Postclassic (Medio/Chihuahua culture) · Mogollon-Paquimé (Oasisamerica)
Largest pre-Hispanic pueblo city of northern Mexico (c.1130–1340 CE, 70 ha, population ~2,500) with multi-storey adobe apartments, T-shaped doors, I-shaped ballcourts (Mesoamerican), macaw breeding…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Monte Albán Ceremonial Platforms
Zapotec (Monte Albán I–V 500 BCE–850 CE) · Zapotec → Mixtec influence late
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 · Archaeological wonder
Dzibilnocac
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 · Ancient city
Lagartero Secondary Group
Late Preclassic to Late Classic 400 BCE–900 CE, peak 600–850 CE · Maya (Comitán Lakes, Late Classic Lacandon fringe)
Lake city on Lagartero chain of karst lakes at Chiapas-Guatemala border: temples and ballcourt on islets linked by stone causeway 300 m to lakeshore palace, with hundreds of incensarios (Lakamulpán…