Cobá
E49046
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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Quintana Roo