Tulum II Ruins

Tulum was a Mayan trading port from roughly 600 A.D. until it was ¨discovered¨ in 1518 by the Spanish. The site was only accessible by sea as recently as the 1960´s. I was initially puzzled by the lack of precision in architecture until I learned that what remains today is essentially the core structure of the buildings that were later smoothed out and made precise through the addition of stucco. Also, the buildings were elaborately colored and adorned with ritual masks, etc.

If you look closely at this alter you can see the god of the Mayans of this area, the so called ¨descending god.¨

The main temple rises above the ruins and its back faces the sea.








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