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Dzibilchaltun - Mayan Ruins
Dzibichaltun is located at km of the merida-progreso high way, 52 kms from xcambó, once a major salt producer and commercial center. According to experts, its is possible that these areas were setteled from as early as 500 b.C to the Spanish conquest around the year 1540 a .C.
The area was originally a concentric settlement that covered approximately 19 square kilometers and containing approximately 8400 structures. The central area was formed of numerous monumental construction covering 25 hectareas. Found dispersed through the rest of the area are architectonic complexes, including pyramids and vaulted buildings. It is believed that at one time the site may have had a population of up to 40,000 inhabitants, qualifying it as one of the largest ancient cities in Mesoamerica .
Dzibichaltun is noted for its numerous stele, especially number 19 considered a masterpiece of maya sculpture. Another Feature that sets the site apart is it "true mamposteria" or rubblework, with buildings built of stones joined by mortar and wedges as vaults built with the system of protruding stones.
The main structure is know as the "temple of the seven dolls" or "temple of the sun", with a quadrangular substructure of what was once a monumental temple. This building is the site of a solar phenomenon every equinox, where due to the mathematical precision of the ancient mayas the fiery plumage of the mayan god of the sun can bee see through the doors of the temple during the first day of each spring and autumn. This event helps us today to understand the level of the knowledge of this civilization.
On the other side bordering, the main square on the east, is the Xlacah (Old People) Cenote (natural freshwater pool formed by underground rivers as they break through the limestone crust of the earth), one of the deepest and largest cenoted found today in Yucatan .
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