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	Uxmal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uxmal (20°21′34″N, 89°46′17″W) is a large Pre-Columbian ruined city of the Maya civilization in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.
		For generations Uxmal was ruled over by the Xiu family, was the most powerful site in western Yucatan, and for a while in alliance with Chichen Itza dominated all of the northern Maya area.
		John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood made two extended visits to Uxmal in the early 1840s, with architect/draftsman Catherwood reportedly making so many plans and drawings that they could be used to construct a duplicate of the ancient city (unfortunately most of the drawings are lost).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uxmal (962 words)

	Mayan Archeology - Uxmal - General Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Uxmal (pronounced "Oosh-mall") in the original Mayan language means "Three times" and is supposed to refer to the number of times the city has been rebuilt or expanded with major constructions, so the name is sometimes meant to be interpreted as "Thrice Built".
		Uxmal is the largest and perhaps the best known city in the lower west region of the Yucatan commonly known as the "Puuk" region (pronounced "pook" which is the Mayan word for "hills" which reflects the surrounding topography).
		Tulum, Uxmal was surrounded by a wall that encompassed the central portion of the city and most of the significant buildings and ceremonial centers.
	www.isourcecom.com /maya/cities/uxmal/uxmalgeneral.htm (785 words)

	Uxmal: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Maya chronicles say that Uxmal was founded about 500[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] by Hun Uitzil Chac Tutul Xiu.
		Her royal highness charlotte, princess of belgium (june 7, 1840-january 19, 1927) was the consort of emperor maximilian of mexico....
		Tulum (sometimes rendered as tuluum) is a pre-columbian walled city of the maya civilization located on the caribbean sea coast of the state of quintana...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/ux/uxmal.htm (2050 words)

	Uxmal, Mexico
		Uxmal is one of the most well known of the Maya cities, and rated by many archaeologists as the finest.
		Uxmal was one of the largest cities of the Yucatán peninsula, and at its height was home to about 25,000 Maya.
		Chac was the god of rain, greatly revered by the Maya at Uxmal because of the lack of natural water supplies in the city.
	www.differentworld.com /mexico/places/uxmal/uxmal.htm (1218 words)

	Guide to Uxmal Archaeology Park
		Uxmal (pronounced "Oosh-mahl") is said to be the most attractive of the archaeological sites; and indeed a visit to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula's archaeological sites without including Uxmal would become an incomplete experience.
		Uxmal was an important city, probably build around 700AD, although inhabitants are thought to have lived in the area as far back as 800 BC - nearly 1,000 years before the city was built.
		There are buses to Uxmal in the morning, but getting back, you will need to take pot luck by waiting by the roadside for the next local bus to pass by on its way back to Merida.
	www.mexperience.com /guide/archaeology/uxmal.htm (1065 words)

	Yucatan Today - Mayan Ruin of Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico
		Uxmal (OOSH-mahl) means "'built three times" in the Mayan language, and though its name is a mystery, its beauty is not.
		Uxmal was the greatest metropolitan and religious center in the Puuc hills in the late classical period.
		Uxmal also has a large ballcourt, enclosing a playing field that is 110 feet long and 32 feet wide.
	www.yucatantoday.com /destinations/eng-uxmal.htm (557 words)

	Uxmal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Since 1996 Uxmal, one of the largest Maya cities, is part of the protected Unesco list of monuments.
		Chaac was one of the most important gods of Uxmal because the city does not have a nearby lake or river.
		Uxmal was mainly depending on the rain that was gathered in large artificial water reserves.
	www.larutamaya.nl /eng/index_bestanden/uxmal.htm (296 words)

	Uxmal Ticul Travel Information
		Uxmal on the other hand has an elaborate stadium and large structures that have more of an artistic look to them than an economic or military look.
		The cult of the Feathered Serpent is everywhere at Uxmal.
		Much advertised is the Uxmal light and laser show which is okay if you happen to be there when its on but what is much better to witness and experience is when the Cave Swallows come out and fly around the inside of the Nunnery Quadrangle.
	www.travelyucatan.com /uxmal_ticul.php (1730 words)

	FAMSI - John Pohl's Mesoamerica - Uxmal
		UXMAL (circa A.D. The ninth century abandonment of Tikal, Palenque, Copán and so many other city states in the central lowlands at the end of the Classic era was hardly the end of Maya civilization itself.
		Uxmal only emerged as a Puuc capital during Mesoamerica’s Terminal Classic between A.D. 850 and 950, yet it is widely regarded as the penultimate masterpiece of Maya engineering genius.
		In contrast to their late contemporaries to the south, Uxmal’s designers were seemingly uninterested in creating wide open plazas rimmed with towering temples dedicated to the memories of the dead.
	www.famsi.org /research/pohl/sites/uxmal.html (607 words)

	Uxmal, Mayan World, and the Puuc cities, Yucatan, Mexico: Hotels, tour operators and antertainment info
		Uxmal, is set in the Puuc hills, which give their name to this architectural style.
		Uxmal is thought to have been the "Capital" of the Puuc Cities of Labná, Sayil, Kabáh, Edzná and Chacmultun and may have been politically aligned with Yaxuná and Cobá before the fall of Yaxuná.
		Uxmal is from the Classic period between 600 and 1000 A.D. The constructions of Uxmal are highly decorated with exquisite geometrical mosaics of cut stone that form very ornate patterns.
	www.mayan-world.com /ruinas/uxmal.htm (2155 words)

	UXMAL - LoveToKnow Article on UXMAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Uxmal is the largest and most important of the deserted cities of Yucatan, and shows some of the finest specimens of Maya architecture.
		Uxmal was inhabited for some time after the Spanish conquest, but perhaps only by a remnant of a population once much larger.
		The upper zone of the exterior walls is about 10 ft. wide, exclusive of the mouldings and ornamental frieze, and its total length of 720 ft. is crowded with sculptures, in which there are three principal motives the mask, the fret and the lattice.
	www.1911ency.org /U/UX/UXMAL.htm (1021 words)

	Uxmal
		Uxmal (oosh-MAHL) This Classic/Post-Classic Mayan city is one of the great showpieces of Mayan architecture and artistic refinement.
		Uxmal means "thricebuilt" reflecting the city's many phases of development.
		Uxmal's main temple is the Pyramid of the Magician, an unusual oval structure.
	www.advantagemexico.com /merida/uxmal.html (156 words)

	Maya Explorer \| Travel & Tourism \| Yucatan \| Archaeology \| Chichen Itza
		The architecture at Uxmal dates to the Late and Terminal Classics periods and is typical Puuc style (except for a few Mexican mitifs and three structures in Chenes style).
		It is possible that Uxmal was reoccupied by the Xiu dynasty many years after its original near – abandonment, which would account for its late date in the native chronicles.
		The major areas of Uxmal are kept cleared so wear a sun hat, and if you plan to visit some of the outlying groups (those for which you need a guide), wear a long-sleeved shirt.
	www.mayaexplorer.com.mx /english/tourism/mexico/yucatan/archaeology/uxmal (3021 words)

	Sacred Sites: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Uxmal was the greatest metropolitan and religious center in the Puuc hills of Yucatan during the late Classical period, flourishing between the 7th and 10th centuries A.D. Uxmal translates as 'thrice built' and, whatever the actual number, the numerous building phases are reflected in a variety of architectural styles.
		The legendary association of the pyramid with a magician may be understood as an indication that the structure, and indeed the entire sacred part of the Uxmal complex, had ancient and ongoing use as a mystery school and ceremonial center.
		It is also interesting to note that the entire city is aligned with reference to the position of the planets then known, with Venus predominating, and that the pyramid of the magician is oriented so that its stairway on the west faces the setting sun at the time of summer solstice.
	www.sacredsites.com /americas/mexico/uxmal.html (354 words)

	Uxmal
		Here at Uxmal The Temple of the Magician was rounded, earthy, and took on the hue of the pale yellow-ish pink limestone, as did most of the other buildings in the city.
		Uxmal has more than one reference to sex, and because of that it is thought that fertility worship played a large role in this Maya city.
		Uxmal is a place where hours or days could be spent looking at all the details of the city.
	www.artist-at-large.com /yucatanuxmal.htm (1412 words)

	Chaak Masks of Uxmal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Uxmal's construction dates for the Puuc and Chenes style buildings fall between the late 700s and the early 900s AD.
		Uxmal is 0.5 miles from north to south and about 800 yards from east to west.
		The Dovecote, one of the earlier buildings, dates from the AD 700s; the latest recorded date from the Nunnery is AD 905; and the later buildings, such as the House of the Governor, considered the epitome of Puuc architecture, may have been constructed around AD 900.
	mayamayan.homestead.com /uxmasks.html (677 words)

	Athena Review 2,2: Maya Lowland Centers: Uxmal
		Uxmal, the largest of the Late Classic Maya sites in the Puuc or hill region of northeast Yucatán, is 58 km south of Mérida and easily reached today by highway.
		Uxmal included among its dependencies the nearby Puuc sites of Kabah, Sayil, and Labná, to which it was connected by road (sacbe).
		Uxmal, however, was by then no longer prominent enough to join this confederation, which collapsed in the 13th century when Mayapán destroyed Chichén Itzá.
	www.athenapub.com /uxmal1.htm (1467 words)

	Uxmal
		Uxmal, near Merida in the state of Yucatan is another of Mexico's best ruin sites.
		Most people who were at Uxmal on the day of our visit tended to stick to the main ruins in the centre of the complex.
		For those of you who are considering Uxmal as a possible holiday destination, its probably not worth going to the sound and light show.
	wild-net.com.au /mexico/html/uxmal.phtml (324 words)

	Uxmal Yucatan Mexico. Quality accommodations, hotels, lodgings.
		Hacienda Uxmal is situated within the greatest concentration of archaelogical sites in the Maya World, its location in the hills means temperatures considerably cooler than those found elsewhere on the peninsula.
		The hotel is an easy two -minute walk from the Uxmal archaeological zone and a short drive from the sister cities of Kabah, Sayil, Xlapak and Labná.
		Hacienda Uxmal has an elegant gourmet restaurant serving genuine Yucatecan cuisine and a range of seafood and other international favorites.
	www.mayanroutes.com /hotels/uxmal/haufactsheet.html (358 words)

	Uxmal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Uxmal is acclaimed to be the architectural masterpiece of the Maya civilization.
		Uxmal achieved its greatest glory between 800 and 1000 AD, although its decline did not apparently come as a consequence of the rise of CHICHEN ITZA to the east.
		The people may have been less war-like than some of their cousins in other Mayan city-states, as there are few of the monuments and inscriptions celebrating victory in battle that are so prevalent at other sites.
	www.mayaland.com /quxmal.htm (494 words)

	Uxmal, Mexico - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		After the collapse in the central and southern lowlands, Maya civilization continued and even flourished in the northern lowlands of Yucatán and in the southern highlands of Guatemala.
		The decline of the older powers in the south led to unprecedented growth in the Yucatán Peninsula and the rise of a number of new cities in that region.
		Among these was Uxmal, characterized by a distinctive architectural style known as Puuc, which features elaborate mosaic decoration.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /uxmal.htm (232 words)

	Architecture of Uxmal, Mexico
		Uxmal was sacked and rebuilt at least three times.
		The proper term is "flourishing puuc," which describes buildings festooned with religious icon, reliefs, and carvings to the point that the ornamentation and grand scale of the buildings ended up limiting the useable space inside.
		The central figure in this worship was the rain god Chac (or Chaac) whom the citizens of Uxmal depended on to fill thier cisterns and reservoirs.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /MX/Uxmal.html (373 words)

	MayaSites - About Mayan Ruins in Uxmal
		Uxmal is by far the most dramatic of all the hill and flatland archeological sites in the Yucatan.
		Uxmal´s most famous structure, the Temple of the Magician, is an awesome feat of building prowess.
		In Mayan myth and legend it is said that Uxmal was built in one night by a dwarf with the help of his adopted mother who was known to be a witch.
	www.mayasites.com /uxmal (613 words)

	Uxmal articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Uxmal UXMAL [Uxmal], ancient city, northern Yucatán peninsula, Mexico.
		A Late Classic period Maya center situated in the Puuc hills, Uxmal flourished between 600 and 900.
		It is one of the finest expressions of Maya architecture known as the Puuc style.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/13303.html (301 words)

	UXMAL: Mayan Ruins in Yucatan Mexico: photos and history
		To us, Uxmal had a magic and spirit greater than Chichen Itza, (perhaps because it's farther away), however Uxmal does not get nearly the volume of tourists that Chichen Itza recieves.
		We stayed at Hacienda Uxmal, which is quite nice with a good restaurant and an excellent location very close to the ruins.
		The Pyramid of the Magician legend held that when a certain gong was sounded, the town of Uxmal would fall to a boy "not born of woman".
	www.locogringo.com /past_spotlights/nov2001.html (1045 words)

	Recording architecture at the archaeological site of Uxmal: A historical and contemporary view. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Maya archaeological site of Uxmal is located in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, (Figure1) and at its height a thousand years ago had a population of about 30,000.
		To make photographs of the ornaments on the edifices at Uxmal it was necessary to work from the top of a ladder...the ladder was so unsteady that, standing on it, breathing was enough to move and spoil the plate.
		Between their visits to Uxmal, the Le Plongeons spent two five month seasons at Chichen Itza in 1875 and 1876 systematically photographing the ruins and their excavations, and then five months again from the fall of 1883 to March 1884 photographing and excavating.
	maya.csuhayward.edu /archaeoplanet/LgdPage/UxDocHist.html (7101 words)

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