DZIBANCHE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - QUINTANA ROO October 7
If you like Mayan ruins, Quintana Roo has some of the best. This site is located about 4 hours south of Tulum.
Dzibanche, means “writing on wood”. Dzibanche was a major site in this Mayan area during the classic period 300 - 900 AD. The Mayan people who lived here settled in some 40 Sq Kms. of hills surrounded by flat land. The Mayas built homes and buildings for worship which were the center of their community’s social and economic life. The site’s most important complex is made of several plazas surrounded by palaces and platforms where you can find temples decorated with peten-style crests.
The most notable of these plazas are temple I and II, as well as a small acropolis called the unknown building. The Mayas always tried to build their cities near water, and near some natural water sources: This is why this site contains several underground excavations that served as water collection structures. Dzinbanche is completely surrounded by tropical jungle. These time-worn ruins have a mystical quality that is enhanced by a lack of tourists. For that reason it is frequented by all kinds of tropical wildlife and exotic birds.
Many People come to this place to enjoy the peace and quiet that the place has to offer. They also enjoy the majestic buildings and temples as well as the water sink holes or cenotes.
MayanMaster Oct 20
It remind me a lot the architecture of the temples at Tikal and Uaxactún even it is very very at the north of Guatemala, in México (Campeche). Curious as the stiles shown at México temples really differs from the one shown at other cities at south. Thanks for sharing, I would like to find more info about access, roads. Good luck.