Cobá

Cobá, ancient Mayan city on the Yucatán Peninsula, now in northeastern Quintana Roo, Mexico. The site is the nexus of the largest network of stone causeways of the ancient Mayan world, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae (upright stones) that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period (c. 600–900 ce) of Mesoamerican civilization. Established in approximately 600 ce, Cobá consisted of several clusters of structures, or architectural groups, interspersed...