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<\/p>\nA mysterious circular temple has been found that may have been dedicated to honouring a serpent god.<\/p>\n
The circular place of worship was uncovered in Mexico\u2019s Yucat\u00e1n peninsula. Experts reckon it may have been constructed to honour of the Maya serpent deity Kukulc\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
It was found in the archaeological site of El Tigre and is thought to be roughly 1,000 years old. El Tigre was a Maya settlement, one of the civilisation\u2019s last before it finally collapsed around 900 CE (AD).<\/p>\n
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The structure would likely have originally had a flat roof on it, but that is now gone \u2013 however, archaeologists did discover that it was made up of two levels. It has since been noted that at one point it would likely have been of \u201cgreat importance\u201d to its community.<\/p>\n
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Speaking at a press conference on October 30, anthropologist and director general of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Diego Prieto Hern\u00e1ndez said: \u201cThis building broadens our knowledge of the late occupation of El Tigre," Mexico News Daily reported.<\/p>\n
"Circular structures generally correspond to the early Postclassic period between AD 1000 and 1200, when the Maya zone had links with other regions of Mesoamerica, in particular with central Mexico, Oaxaca and the Gulf Coast."<\/p>\n
Researchers suspect that writings about the temple may have been discovered in the historic document known as the "Paxbol\u00f3n Maldonado Papers". They talk about the temples of the El Tigres region and note they were dedicated to the four main deities of the day, one of which was Kukulc\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
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