Historical landmark
Zona Arqueológica de Muyil
Lagoon-side Maya port with canal access to the Caribbean and a stepped pyramid above the water.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to the archaeological zone of Muyil, near Tulum, follows a Maya settlement on a lagoon that stayed inhabited for close to two thousand years, longer than almost any other site on the Yucatan's eastern coast. It traces how a canal cut through the wetlands linked the site to the open Caribbean and made it a working trading port, moving jade, obsidian, and cacao by dugout canoe. It also lingers on the stepped Castillo pyramid that still overlooks the water where those canoes once came in. Best heard facing the lagoon, where the old canal mouth once was.
This audio guide was created using AI.