Cobá

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Cobá is an ancient Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its extensive network of sacbeob (raised stone roads) and towering pyramid structures amid dense jungle.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nohoch Mul pyramid 0
Sacbe 1 0

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Maya city
archaeological site
pyramid
sacbe
tourist attraction
abandonment gradual after 10th century
civilization Maya civilization
connectedTo Yaxuná
connectsTo Yaxuná
country Mexico
culture Pre-Columbian era
surface form: Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
discoveredBy John Lloyd Stephens
distanceFromTulum about 40 kilometers northwest
excavatedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
hasArchitecturalFeature ballcourts
causeways
palace groups
stelae
temple pyramids
hasArchitecturalStyle Maya architecture
hasArtifactType inscribed stelae
hasGroup Grupo Cobá
Grupo Las Pinturas
Grupo Las Pinturas
surface form: Grupo Macanxoc

Grupo Nohoch Mul
hasRoadNetwork sacbeob
hasSacbe Sacbe 1
hasStructure Nohoch Mul pyramid
height about 42 meters
knownFor extensive network of sacbeob
jungle setting
raised stone roads
tall pyramid structures
length over 100 kilometers
locatedIn Cobá self-linksurface differs
Mesoamerica
surface form: Maya Lowlands

Quintana Roo
Yucatán Peninsula
Tulum
surface form: municipality of Tulum
nearbyFeature Lake Cobá
Lake Macanxoc
lagoons
openToPublic true
peakPopulation circa 600–900 CE
periodOfFlourishing Classic period
Late Classic period
Classic period
surface form: Terminal Classic period
regionLanguage Mayan languages
surface form: Yucatec Maya
startDate circa 1st century CE
surveyedBy Teobert Maler
tourismActivity climbing Nohoch Mul pyramid (historically allowed)
writingSystem Maya hieroglyphs

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subject surface form: Quintana Roo
Cobá locatedIn Cobá self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Nohoch Mul pyramid