What are the 6 spectacular Mayan archaeological areas in which INAH began its operations

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced on launch of rehabilitation activities in six Mayan archaeological areas located in the state of Quintana Roo, as part of the rescue project associated with the Mayan trend.

Under the Archaeological Areas Improvement Program (Promeza) linked to the government’s flagship mega-project of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), 10 heritage sites are being considered. Operations will begin on 6 of these heritage sites: Oxtankah, Chachoben, Kohunlich, Dzibanché-Kinichná, Itchkabal there the guy.

It is on the last mentioned archaeological site that the interventions officially began on February 10th. During the inaugural event Diego Prieto Hernández, director of INAH; Margarito Molina Rendón, head of the INAH Quintana Roo Center, José de Jesús Cantoral Herrera, Mayor of the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) and Juan Carlos Sabines Torres, representative of the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism (Fonatur) made a visit to the area .

the guywhose original name is believed to have been Belmais located on the north coast of Quintana Roo, on the Isla Mujeres Bay. One of its buildings, known as The castleis considered the highest in the region and from its highest point he has one privileged view of Cancun.

Its cultural and historical value is due to the fact that during the Late Classic, from 600 to 800 AD (AD) it had great importance in the Maya navigation route.

THANKS it’s a vast pre-Hispanic settlement characterized by a large number of Ramón trees that surround it. In fact, it was named in reference to those plants called beef in Maya; his original name is unknown.

This site north of Chetumal is believed to have been one of the first Maya settlements around 600 BC. It is the largest and most important city discovered in this locality.

While Chacchoben It is an archaeological area near the town of Lázaro Cárdenas and is the largest colony in the so-called lakes region. It was built 300 AD around bodies of fresh water.

Dzibanché-Kinichná is a complex located between the selva. Dzibanché would have been involved in the conquest of various cities, due to hieroglyphic texts engraved on the steps of the Temple of the Captives and large offerings located in burial vaults.

While Kinichná was part of a group of sites with specific functions, which were connected to the main area by sacbés or white Maya roads, which are characterized by paths raised from the ground, surrounded by pebbles and covered with limestone soil .

Kohunlich It has housing units and architectural complexes, both ceremonial and civic. Among its buildings is Temple of Maskscharacterized by eight molded characters in red and black colorsdressed in Iconography related to the Sun.

Also located here are the Plaza de las Estelas and the Conjunto de las Vías (civic and ceremonial complexes), as well as the late structures of the Conjunto Pixa’an and the Conjunto de Los 27 Escalones (both elite residential complexes) .

While Itchkabal it’s a Little explored place, close to the lagoon of seven colors of Bacalar. It was an important city for the ties he had with the Kanu’l dynasty, one of the most powerful Maya bloodlines during the Late Classic.

Discovered in 1994 by archaeologist Enrique Nalda, it is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of recent decades in the Yucatan Peninsula. It surprised connoisseurs with its monumental dimensions and its isolation, which hid it for centuries.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador indicated that this rehabilitation project was raised with the idea that “the Mayan train, which will not be just a simple railway, but an efficient and modern means of communication to visit splendid areas archaeological finds of deep Mexico”.