Balankanche

Balankanche is an ancient Maya cave site lying at short distance from the archaeological Maya-Toltec city of Chichen Itza, Yucatan. For more than two thousand years, it has been the focus of rituals dedicated to the Maya rain god, Chaac, and, in the Post-Classic period, also to his Toltec counterpart, Tlaloc. The cave complex was visited by Edward Thompson and Alfred Tozzer in 1905 and has since 1932 been explored and studied by various Mexican and US scholars. Small buildings and platforms surrounded the cave's entrance; inside, stairs, walls, altars and ritual displays of ceramics and small stone implements were discovered. The site has been made accessible for tourists.

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Maya site in Mexico, cave, archaeological site,

Location: 20.6586, -88.535, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Balankanche ⓘ
Maya cave site in Yucatán, Mexico
Grutas Balancaché ⓘ

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Balakanche1 cyark

Balankanche2 cyark

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Stalactites at Gruta de Balankanché

Mexico-6729B - Balankanché Caves (4738730346)

Mexico-6744 (4739617728)

Mexico-6731 - Ceiba Tree (4738103493)

Mexico-6734B (4738740566)

Mexico-6752 - A table set for Tialoc (4738995327)

Mexico-6717 - Balankanché Caves (4736306467)

Type	Subtype	Description	Notes	Source

site	cave	Balankanche	Maya site in Mexico, archaeological site, cave	Wikidata
site	cave	Grutas Balancaché	cave	Wikidata
commons	image	Balakanche1 cyark		Commons
commons	image	Balankanche2 cyark		Commons
commons	image	Balankanche2		Commons
commons	image	Stalactites at Gruta de Balankanché		Commons
commons	image	Mexico-6729B - Balankanché Caves (4738730346)		Commons
commons	image	Mexico-6744 (4739617728)		Commons
commons	image	Mexico-6731 - Ceiba Tree (4738103493)		Commons
commons	image	Mexico-6734B (4738740566)		Commons
commons	image	Mexico-6752 - A table set for Tialoc (4738995327)		Commons
commons	image	Mexico-6717 - Balankanché Caves (4736306467)		Commons

Balankanche

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