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Kabah Mayan Ruins, Yucatan Mexico Photography by Bill and Dorothy Bell
Kabah also
has a large arch with a sacbe (ancient road) connecting it with the
nearby Mayan site of Uxmal. At the height of the Classic Period, from 600-900
AD, Uxmal was the governmental center for the surrounding areas. Kabah was one
of its satellite cities, and although the archeological zone open to the public
is somewhat small in size, there is little doubt that Kabah was once a large and
thriving city, as there are numerous ruins there still not excavated.
Kabah Mayan Ruins, Yucatan Mexico Photography by Bill and Dorothy Bell
One of the
most prominent buildings at Kabah is the Palace of the Masks. This large
building´s Chenes-style facade is completely covered with 250 masks of the rain
god Chac, who is sometimes called ¨The Big Nosed God¨. It is one of the most
impressive in Maya architecture. Similar to other sites in the Puuc region, the
people of Kabah were dependent on rain to water their precious crops of corn.
Thus the devotion to Chac.
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