Coba

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Coba is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its extensive network of sacbeob (raised stone roads) and one of the tallest pyramids in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya pyramid
ancient Maya city
archaeological site
raised stone roads
connectedTo Yaxuná NERFINISHED
other Maya settlements via sacbeob
country Mexico
culture Maya civilization NERFINISHED
discoveredByEuropeans John Lloyd Stephens (reported region) NERFINISHED
distanceFromCancún about 130 km southwest GENERATED
distanceFromTulum about 44 km northwest
endTime post-15th century CE (as major center)
environment lowland tropical forest
excavatedBy Mexican archaeologists
firstDocumentedArchaeologically early 20th century GENERATED
hasPart Chumuc Mul Group NERFINISHED
Coba Group NERFINISHED
Macanxoc Group NERFINISHED
Nohoch Mul Group NERFINISHED
Nohoch Mul pyramid NERFINISHED
ballcourts
causeways
residential groups
sacbeob NERFINISHED
stelae
temple pyramids
height about 42 meters
heritageDesignation Zona Arqueológica de Cobá NERFINISHED
knownFor extensive network of sacbeob
one of the tallest pyramids in the northern Yucatán
languageUsed Classic Maya NERFINISHED
locatedIn Coba NERFINISHED
Yucatán Peninsula
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Quintana Roo NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00
locatedNear Cobá Lagoon NERFINISHED
Tulum NERFINISHED
managedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia NERFINISHED
nearFeature lakes and cenotes
numberOfSacbeob more than 40 GENERATED
openToPublic true
periodOfFlourishing Classic period
Late Classic period
populationPeak tens of thousands of inhabitants
region northern Maya lowlands NERFINISHED
religion Maya religion NERFINISHED
startTime circa 1st century CE
tourism popular tourist destination in Quintana Roo
writingSystem Maya hieroglyphs

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Maya lowlands contains Coba