Dzibilchaltún

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Dzibilchaltún is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its Temple of the Seven Dolls and precise solar alignments during the equinoxes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya archaeological site ⓘ
Maya temple ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
administrativeAuthority Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
astronomicalFeature precise solar observations ⓘ
solar alignment at equinox sunrise ⓘ
containsEvidenceOf Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
Maya residential compounds ⓘ
Maya stelae ⓘ
Spanish colonial occupation ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
discoveredByArchaeology early 20th century explorers ⓘ
distanceToCoast approximately 20 kilometers from Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
distanceToMérida approximately 15–20 kilometers ⓘ
endOfMajorOccupation around 1200 CE ⓘ
etymology name often translated as “place where there is writing on flat stones” ⓘ
excavationBy INAH archaeologists ⓘ
hasPart Dzibilchaltún Site Museum ⓘ
linked to: Dzibilchaltún

Temple of the Seven Dolls ⓘ
cenote Xlakah ⓘ
central plaza ⓘ
colonial chapel ⓘ
sacbeob ⓘ
hasStructureType causeways ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
platforms ⓘ
pyramids ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasWaterSource cenote ⓘ
knownFor Temple of the Seven Dolls ⓘ
equinox solar alignments ⓘ
equinox sunrise alignment through doorways and windows ⓘ
long continuous occupation ⓘ
locatedIn Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
Yucatán state ⓘ
locatedNear Mérida ⓘ
Progreso ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Yucatec Maya ⓘ
nearbyModernSettlement Dzibilchaltún village ⓘ
linked to: Dzibilchaltún
periodOfUse Classic Maya period ⓘ
linked to: Late Classic period

Postclassic Maya period ⓘ
Preclassic Maya period ⓘ
region Northern Maya lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands
religion ancient Maya religion ⓘ
startOfOccupation around 500 BCE ⓘ
tourism open to the public ⓘ
popular for equinox sunrise events ⓘ
UNESCOStatus on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mérida → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
Yucatán → contains → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
subject linked to: state of Yucatán
Maya lowlands → contains → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
Progreso → nearbyAttraction → Dzibilchaltún archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dzibilchaltún
Yucatán → contains → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
subject linked to: Yucatán state
Dzibilchaltún → hasPart → Dzibilchaltún Site Museum ⓘ
linked to: Dzibilchaltún
Dzibilchaltún → nearbyModernSettlement → Dzibilchaltún village ⓘ
linked to: Dzibilchaltún
Temple of the Seven Dolls → locatedIn → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
subject linked to: Dzibilchaltún
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Mexico → includes → Dzibilchaltún archaeological zone ⓘ
linked to: Dzibilchaltún
Yucatán Peninsula sites → hasPart → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
Temple of the Seven Dolls → locatedIn → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
Temple of the Seven Dolls → partOf → Dzibilchaltún archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Dzibilchaltún