A recently discovered temple in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula dates back to 1000-1200 AD. Archaeologists in Mexico have found the ruins of a circular temple likely built to honor the Mayan snake god Kukulkan (also spelled K’uk’ulkan).

A nearly 1,000-year-old temple was discovered at El Tigre, an archaeological site on the Yucatan Peninsula, which serves as one of the last settlements of the ancient Maya to this day. decline of civilizationAs translated by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) expression. Excavations showed that the circular building had two floors and was once covered with a flat roof.

“This building expands our knowledge of the last occupation of El Tigre,” said Diego Prieto Hernández, anthropologist and INAH executive director, at a press conference on October 30. Mexico News Daily.

“Circular structures generally correspond to the Early Postclassic period between AD 1000 and 1200, when the Maya region had connections with other parts of Central America, particularly central Mexico, Oaxaca, and the Gulf Coast.”

He said the structure was once “of great importance” to the Mayans, Mexico News Daily reported.

Researchers believe that this temple may be the same temple mentioned in a historical document known as the “Paxbolon Maldonado Papers” written by Don Pablo Paxbolon, chief of the Chontal (a leader of the Mayan people in the Mexican state of Tabasco) around 1575. and 1576. The text contains information about temples at El Tigre (identified in newspapers as “Itsamcanac”) dedicated to the four main gods of the Postclassic Maya, including Kukulkan, a god closely related to Quetzalcoatl. According to Aztec mythology from expression

This is not the first circular structure found on the Yucatan Peninsula. According to the statement, similar areas were discovered in Edzna, Bekan, Ushmal and Chichen Itza.

The structure was discovered as part of the “Tren Maya” (Mayan Train) project, which involves the construction of a 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) railway between Mexican states that is expected to be operational in December, Mexico News Daily reported.