Nohoch Mul Group

The Nohoch Mul Group at Cobá covers an area of 2,400 square meters and was built atop a natural elevation. It includes the tallest structure in northern Yucatán, rising 42 meters. The building known as Nohoch-Mul, from the Maya words nohoch meaning big and mul meaning mound, is composed of seven bodies with rounded corners and two stairways on the southern side. Its upper temple belongs to the Post-Classic period, 1100-1450 A.D., and the niches of its façade show a descending god. The Grand Platform is the most voluminous structure in Cobá and appears to have been left unfinished. In front of Building X stands Stele 30, the best preserved of those found in Cobá, bearing the date November 30, 780 A.D.

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