NEW ICHKABAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE OF BACALAR SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST OPENING

NEW ICHKABAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE OF BACALAR SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST OPENING
5 March, 2024



Bacalar, Q.R. — Around 70 archeology specialists are carrying out research and conservation work for the opening of the Ichkabal Archaeological Zone. Diego Prieto Hernández, the General Director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) says Sedena personnel are assisting the INAH with the construction of roads and service buildings.

He says the new road will connect the archaeological site with the Bacalar Maya Train Station, and the new buildings will include a ticket booth and public areas.

Prieto Hernández says in addition to eight museum sites that will join the Great Mayan Museum of Chichén Itzá, whose doors opened to the public on March 1, there will be the opening of new archaeological zones, among which will be Ichkabal.

The INAH Director says Ichkabal is being rehabilitated and is expected to be open to the public in August of 2024. He dated the site from the Middle Preclassic period (400 BC) to the Late Postclassic period (1500 AD), adding that its rehabilitation is part of the Program for the Improvement of Archaeological Zones (Promeza).

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Ichkabal, the Mayan jewel, to open to the public in August 2024

Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has announced that the Maya archaeological site of Ichkabal, located near the town of Bacalar, will be open to the public in August 2024. The site was discovered in the 1990s and has not been accessible to the public since then due to access difficulties and ongoing excavations.

Ichkabal is one of the oldest and most important Mayan sites in the region, with pre-Hispanic buildings dating back at least 2,400 years. Among these structures, a massive pyramid over 30 metres high has been unearthed. The researchers point out that the size and age of these buildings indicate the major importance of Ichkabal for the Maya people.

The archaeological discoveries made on the site between the Preclassic period and the collapse of the Maya civilisation (400 BC – 900 AD) demonstrate the city’s permanence over time, which is also an indicator of the site’s importance. In addition, the city is considered to be the origin of the Kaanu’l (snake) dynasty, one of the most powerful ruling groups of the Maya civilisation.

The archaeological zone of Ichkabal, which extended over 60 square kilometres and was linked to the site of Dzibanché, is considered to have been a centre of power that linked the Maya jungle regions of Chiapas and Campeche to the Guatemalan Petén and the eastern Yucatan peninsula until the 10th century.

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https://visit-latin-america.com/ichkabal-the-mayan-jewel-to-open-to-the-public-in-august-2024/