{"id":747,"date":"2018-10-17T09:51:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T14:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/?p=747"},"modified":"2022-09-17T14:28:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T14:28:42","slug":"great-pyramid-uxmal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/great-pyramid-uxmal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Pyramid in Uxmal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Great Pyramid in Uxmal is one of the few large Mayan buildings that you can still climb. It has nine stepped bodies and a stairway facing north that must have been a pyramid of similar magnitude to that of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/pyramid-of-the-magician-in-uxmal\/\">Pyramid of the Magician<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Chac-mask-of-the-Great-Pyramid-in-Uxmal.jpg\" alt=\"Chac mask of the Great Pyramid in Uxmal\" class=\"wp-image-749\"\/><figcaption>Chac mask of the Great Pyramid in Uxmal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are four last steps to reach the top of the Temple of Great Pyramid in Uxmal named Temple of the Guacamayas, where there\u2019s an entryway with a large mask of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chaac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"There are four last steps to reach the top of the Temple of Great Pyramid in Uxmal named Temple of the Guacamayas, where there\u2019s an entryway with a large mask of Chac. This Temple was built on the VIII century and it was decorated by a cornice, frets and a decoration of birds, specifically macaws, which gives the temple its name. (opens in a new tab)\">Chac<\/a>. This Temple was built on the VIII century and it was decorated by a cornice, frets and a decoration of birds, specifically macaws, which gives the temple its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Temple\u2019s corners have three masks of Chac, one over another, the figureheads have a rounder sculpting than others from Uxmal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/360\/Gran-Piramide-Uxmal.html\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Physical description of the Great Pyramid in Uxmal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This monument measures around 80 m on its north side and approximately 30 m in height. Its general form is that of a truncated quadrangular pyramid formed by nine stepped bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/360\/Arriba-de-la-Gran-Piramide-Uxmal.html\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location of the Great Pyramid in Uxmal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the southwest side of the lower platform of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/governors-palace-uxmal\/\">Governor&#8217;s Palace<\/a> stands the remains of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/great-pyramid-uxmal\/\">Great Pyramid in Uxmal<\/a>, and next to it you can see the Dovecote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=12HPUPUN41ydKx9bIs4Zk4QRZ3yU8GEap\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Pyramid in Uxmal is one of the few large Mayan buildings that you can still climb. It has nine stepped bodies and a stairway facing north that must have been a pyramid of similar magnitude to that of the Pyramid of the Magician. There are four last steps to reach the top of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uxmal-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4443,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/4443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayanpeninsula.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}