Mérida: GMMM - La Pirámide de los Mascarones

            Pyramidal platforms flanked by large stucco masks are characteristic of the Petén architectural style, typical of southern lowlands and also several sites on the Yucatan peninsula.  La Pirámide de los Mascarones (The Pyramid of the Masks) from Kohunlich highlights the ancestral cult to Kinich Chau and is now a symbol of the state of Quintana Roo.  Experts have suggested that these faces correspond to royal individuals, personified with the attributes of the sun god: crossed-eyes, decorations at the corners of the mouth, and a T-shaped tooth.  This association with the sky deities has been interpreted as a means of bolstering authority and displaying the power of the ruling dynasty.

Gran Museo del Mundo Maya (Mayan World Museum of Mérida) opened in 2021.  The contemporary building, designed by by Grupo 4A Arquitectos, is in the form a ceiba, a sacred tree believed by the Maya to connect the living with the underworld and heavens above. The museum's permanent galleries house a collection of more than 1100 remarkably well-preserved ancient Mayan artifacts.

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Taken in: Mexico / Yucatán / Xcumpich (show map)

Taken on: April 14, 2023

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