Armando "Schumacher", 120 km/h (75 mph).

1 hour drive from Campeche.

Middle of nowhere.

The official city emblem glyph in the small entrance museum.

Replica of a large mask found in the small acropolis.

Queen Lady Blood, referenced as an Ix Kaloomte, on stelae 20 dated 657 AD.

Stelae 5 dated 790 AD shows a ruler crushing a captive.

Stelae 2 is over 4 m (13 ft) high.

Lord Kai Chaak on stelae 22 dated 652 AD.

10 rulers have been identified between 633 and 869 AD.

Stelae 9 dated 810 AD shows 2 mystical and powerful hunchbacks.

Giddy up for a 10 min walk!

Edzna was inhabited from around 400 BC to 1600 AD.

All alone again...





Yard of the ambassadors.



Maya false arch.

Platform of the knives.

The unusually shaped round house.

Structure 501.

The south temple and Nohoch Na.

The south temple.

Nohoch Na large steps served as spectator stands.

It was probably an administrative government building.

The great plaza and the great acropolis.

Sacbe 3, Maya raised and paved road.

The south temple and a sacred Ceiba tree.

The great plaza.

The ballcourt.

The temple of the masks.



The sun god K'inich.

The celestial god Pax.

The small acropolis, among the oldest constructions.

Structure 419-3, the temple of the reliefs.

Also called the temple of the Ix Kaloomte.

Ix Kaloomte was a supreme royal title for women.

The bas reliefs are of humans, animals, and geometric shapes.





Coming to the great acropolis.

Approach on sacbe 1.





The temple of five stories.

The temple of the moon.

The southwest temple.

The north temple.

Uncommon curved walls on the north side of the main temple.



Hieroglyphic staircase.

The steps have 84 hieroglyphs in total.

The 5 levels contain 27 chambers.

Presumably original red paint on the south side.

Sacbe 1 and 2 from the northwest temple.



Massive construction blocks, and at elevation.





Stairs of the temple of the moon.

Both southwest and northwest temples.

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