Nadzcaan

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Nadzcaan (also Nadz Caan ) is one of several, meanwhile discovered, former Maya cities in the Mexican state of Campeche . Nadzcaan was discovered in the spring of 1993. The name means "close to heaven".

The emergence is estimated to 600 to 300 BC. Dated. The city covers more than 60 square kilometers, making it larger than the famous Chichén Itzá . Over 40 pyramid-like buildings with an average height of 50 meters and a basic length of more than 200 meters have been preserved.

Nadzcaan had his own emblem hieroglyph on steles and was a supraregional power during its heyday in the late Mayan Classic .

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  1. ↑ Florentino García Cruz: Nadzcaan (Campeche, Mexico) In: Susan Toby Evans, David L. Webster: Archeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia . Routledge, London / New York, 2013, p. 501
  2. ↑ Nikolai Grube : Maya, Gottkönige im Regenwald , hfullmann publishing GmbH, Potsdam 2012, p. 446.

Coordinates: 18 ° 36 '23.9 "  N , 89 ° 51' 5.2"  W.