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.

All labels observed (2)

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

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