Aké

Ancient Mayan city in Yucatán, Mexico, distinguished by the massive flat-topped Pyramid of the Pillars — a stepped platform crowned with thirty-six cylindrical limestone columns up to 4 m tall arranged in a 6×6 grid. The Spanish built the Church of San Lorenzo directly on top of the pyramid in the colonial period, a literal layering visible today. Conventional dating places the megalithic phase in the Late Preclassic to Early Classic (c. 250 BCE - 600 CE). Hugh Newman covers Aké as a strong example of the Mesoamerican pattern of churches built directly atop pre-existing pyramid platforms.

20.9300°, -89.3033°

Walkthrough videos (1)

Hidden Ruins of the Maya | Churches Built on Pyramids & Megaliths in the Town of Aké, Mexico pt.2Hugh Newman / Megalithomania

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