Edzna

Edzná was a major Maya city in northern Campeche, Mexico, inhabited by at least 400 BC and possibly as early as 600 BC, flourishing by about 200 AD and remaining occupied until around 1500 AD. Its central plaza is dominated by a main temple atop a platform about 40 meters high, and the site also includes an important ball court whose upper rooms may have housed sacred images and ritual objects. Edzná’s architecture shows Puuc influences, and during the Late Classic period it belonged to the Calakmul polity. Political power was closely linked to religion, while the city’s decline and abandonment remain unexplained.

Campeche · Mexico