ancient city of Cobá

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The ancient city of Cobá is a large pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its extensive network of sacbeob (raised stone roads) and towering pyramid structures.

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ancient Maya city of Cobá 1
ancient city of Cobá canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya archaeological site
ancient city
pre-Columbian settlement
abandonmentPeriod Postclassic period
approximateEarliestOccupationDate c. 100 BCE
approximateFlourishingDates c. 600–900 CE
associatedEthnicGroup Maya
country Mexico
culture Maya civilization
discoveredByScholarsYear 1926
distanceToChichénItzá_km approximately 90
distanceToTulum_km approximately 44
earliestOccupation Preclassic period
earlyExplorer Sylvanus G. Morley
Teobert Maler
environment lowland tropical forest
excavatingInstitution Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
excavationStartDecade 1970s
functionedAs regional Maya political center
trade hub
hasFeature ballcourts
lakes
residential platforms
sacbeob
stelae
temple pyramids
hasNearbyLakes yes
hasStructure Grupo Coba
linked to: Grupo Cobá

Grupo Las Pinturas
Grupo Macanxoc
La Iglesia pyramid
Nohoch Mul
ballcourts
knownFor Nohoch Mul pyramid
extensive network of sacbeob
large pyramid structures
stelae with hieroglyphic inscriptions
languageOfInscriptions Maya hieroglyphic script
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
locatedIn Mexico
Quintana Roo
Yucatán Peninsula
longestSacbeDestination Yaxuná
longestSacbeLength_km approximately 100
managedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
nearestCity Tulum
nearestModernSettlement Cobá village
linked to: Cobá
NohochMul_height_m approximately 42
NohochMul_instanceOf pyramid
NohochMul_statusInQuintanaRoo one of the tallest Maya pyramids in Quintana Roo
numberOfSacbeob more than 40
openToPublic yes
periodOfFlourishing Classic period
region Yucatán Peninsula
sacbeobDefinition raised stone causeways
tourismActivity archaeological tourism
cultural tourism
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus not inscribed as individual site as of 2024

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Grupo Las Pinturas partOf ancient city of Cobá
Nohoch Mul group at Cobá partOf ancient Maya city of Cobá
linked to: ancient city of Cobá