<< Our Photo Pages >> Ek Balam - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Yucatan
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Multi-periodSite Name: Ek BalamCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 29.602 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Yucatan Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Valladolid
Latitude: 20.891131N Longitude: 88.136757W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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EarnestB visited on 19th Dec 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Wonderful ambience in a heavily wooded park-like setting. Very recently excavated with no funding to continue the extensive excavations which could uncover numerous buildings.
mfrincu visited on 27th Dec 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
davidmorgan have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 5 Access: 4.5
Ek Balam appears to have been a very important centre. The Pyramid is one of the tallest in Mesoamerica and many buildings are unexcavated. The site is known for elaborate plaster facades still intact on many of the stone buildings. The site was still inhabited at the time of the conquest.
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