Santa Elena, Yucatán, Mexico — The Southeast (Yucatan Peninsula)
The Great Temple / Great Pyramid
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
1. The Great Temple / Great Pyramid Marker
Inscription.
The Great Temple, also, Great Pyramid. . , Templo Mayor o Gran Pirámide , Este monumento mide alrededor de 80 m. en su costado norte y aproximadamente 30 m. de altura. Su forma general es la de una pirámidecuadrangular truncada, de nueve cuerpos escalonados. La escalinata norte conduce a una plataforma sobre la cual hay una edificación llamada Templo de las Guacamayas. Los mascarones de las esquinas tienen un esculpido más redondeado que otros de Uxmal. Data de mediados del siglo VIII. , Maya-Yucateco: , Nojoch K’u’ Naj Wa Nojoch Ka’anal Naj , Le naja’ ku p’lsik naats’tl’ 80 meetros tu tséelil xaman yéetel naats’tl’ 30 meetros u ka’anlil. U wiinkiile’ je’ex jump’éel noj naj kantséele’ xot’a’an u ka’anlil, yéetel bolon wa 9 u wiinklilo’ob jump’éel yóok’ol uláak’. Le eebil xamano’ ku bin tak lump’éel ka’anal but’bil lu’um yaan tu yook’ole’ jump’éel naj k’aba’ata’an U k’u’ najil le mo’obo’ wa Templo de las Guacamayass. U pix icho’obil le ti’itso’obo’ yaan ti’ob jump’éel betpajlil maas wóolista’an ti’ le uláak’ob te’ Uxmala’. U k’iinile’ ku taal ti’ u chúumukilo’ob u ja’abil 800., English: , Great Temple/Great Pyramid , This monument is 30 meters high and 80 meters long on its North side. It is a nine-tiered, broken shaped stepped pyramid. The steps on the Northen side lead to a platform upon which a building called the “Macaw Temple”. The masks decorating the corners of the building are more rounded than the others in Uxmal. The construction is dated to the VIIIth century.
Templo Mayor o Gran Pirámide Este monumento mide alrededor de 80 m. en su costado norte y aproximadamente 30 m. de altura. Su forma general es la de una pirámidecuadrangular truncada, de nueve cuerpos escalonados. La escalinata norte conduce a una plataforma sobre la cual hay una edificación llamada Templo de las Guacamayas. Los mascarones de las esquinas tienen un esculpido más redondeado que otros de Uxmal. Data de mediados del siglo VIII.
Maya-Yucateco: Nojoch K’u’ Naj Wa Nojoch Ka’anal Naj Le naja’ ku p’lsik naats’tl’ 80 meetros tu tséelil xaman yéetel naats’tl’ 30 meetros u ka’anlil. U wiinkiile’ je’ex jump’éel noj naj kantséele’ xot’a’an u ka’anlil, yéetel bolon wa 9 u wiinklilo’ob jump’éel yóok’ol uláak’. Le eebil xamano’ ku bin tak lump’éel ka’anal but’bil lu’um yaan tu yook’ole’ jump’éel naj k’aba’ata’an U k’u’ najil le mo’obo’ wa Templo de las Guacamayass. U pix icho’obil le ti’itso’obo’ yaan ti’ob jump’éel betpajlil maas wóolista’an ti’ le uláak’ob te’ Uxmala’. U k’iinile’ ku taal ti’ u chúumukilo’ob u ja’abil 800.
English: Great Temple/Great Pyramid This monument is 30 meters high and 80 meters long on its North side. It is a nine-tiered, broken shaped stepped pyramid. The steps on the Northen side lead to a platform upon which a building called the
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“Macaw Temple”. The masks decorating the corners of the building are more rounded than the others in Uxmal. The construction is dated to the VIIIth century.
Erected by Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes de México (CONACULTA)-INAH.
Location. 20° 21.522′ N, 89° 46.321′ W. Marker is in Santa Elena, Yucatán. Marker can be reached from Route 261. The marker is just north of the Great Pyramid at Uxmal Archaeological Site, some ten kilometers from Muna, south of Mérida. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Santa Elena YU 97899, Mexico. Touch for directions.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
2. The Great Temple / Great Pyramid Marker
Also in front of The Great Temple is this additional marker, with very similar text to the featured marker.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
3. The Great Temple / Great Pyramid Marker
The marker is at the base of the pyramid, towards the left in this view.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
4. A wide view of the additional The Great Temple Marker
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
5. The 'more rounded' Chaac masks at the Great Temple
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
6. The repeated macaw motif that gives The Great Temple its alternative name of the "Macaw Temple"
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
7. An additional view of The Great Temple / Great Pyramid
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
8. A view towards the north from The Great Temple at Uxmal
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, January 20, 2017
9. A 'chaltun' in the plaza of The Great Temple
In the plaza to the north of The Great Temple are many holes such as these, which are openings into the 'chaltunes', or water reservoirs, that stored rainwater at Uxmal and other mayan sites of the Yucatán.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 19, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 192 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on April 19, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.