ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 6月11日 04時00分

Photograph by @simonnorfolkstudio

Uxmal (Yucatec Mayan: Óoxmáal) is an ancient Maya city located in present-day Mexico. It is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Mayan culture. Most of the city's major construction took place while Uxmal was the capital of a Late Classic Maya state around 850-925 AD. After about 1000 AD, Toltec invaders took over, and most building ceased by 1100 AD. After the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, early colonial documents suggest that Uxmal was still an inhabited place of some importance into the 1550s. As the Spanish did not build a town here, Uxmal was soon after largely abandoned. The name Uxmal means 'thrice-built' in the Mayan language, referring to the many layers of construction of its most imposing structure.
Here photographed, the Ball Court at Uxmal and, behind, the steps rising to Las Monjas (The Nunnery complex.) Taken on assignment for National Geographic Magazine.

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