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the Magician

the Pyramid of the Magician, Uxmal ( Ooshmal), Yucatan, Mexico - a UNESCO World Heritage Site

 

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Uxmal, surrounded by legends, myths and anecdotes, poetic in its name and history, is located next to a series of hills known by the name of Puuc Mayan language meaning "mountain" and that was the name which subsequently received the architectural style of that region.

 

The most impressive structure with a height over 35 meters (38 yards) is the Pyramid of the Magician, The Convent, another of its great buildings, named by the Spanish as it reminded them of a European nunnery, was probably used as a school of traditional healers, astrologers and priests.

 

At its height was home to about 25,000 Maya. Like the other Puuc sites, it flourished in the Late Classic period (around 600-900 AD).

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