Nitsar da kanka a cikin tsohuwar garin Mayan na Ek Balam, wani yanki na kayan tarihi wanda ke da halaye na musamman na gine-gine don wadatar ta da sufancin ta.
Kusa da wuraren yawon bude ido na Cancun da Playa del Carmen, a yankin tsakiyar gabashin Yucatan da kuma kilomita 190 daga babban birninta Mérida, tsohon garin Mayan ne na Ek Balam, wani wurin tarihi ne wanda yake da halaye na musamman na gine-gine saboda wadatar sa da sufancin. An fassara shi a zahiri daga Mayan, sunansa yana nufin duhun duhu ko baqar duhu, kodayake mazaunan sun fi son kiranta tauraron jaguar.
Ya kasance a cikin 1994 lokacin da aikin aikin adana kayan tarihi na Ek Balam ya fara karkashin kulawar National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), wanda a yanzu yake a mataki na hudu na aiki. Har zuwa wannan shekarar, kawai ginin da aka bincika na shingen ya kasance ƙaramin ƙaramin haikalin, kuma ba a gudanar da ɗan aikin kiyayewa a kan wasu gine-gine biyu.
Manyan gine-ginen suna cikin murabba'i biyu da ake kira Arewa da Kudu, duka a cikin shingen yanki na 1.25 km2, inda wasu gine-ginen kuma suke ciki. Hanyoyi biyar kafin pre-Hispanic da ake kira sak be’oob suna farawa daga ganuwar ciki da waje; akwai wani da ake kira bango na uku, duk wannan tabbaci ne na kariyar da aka yiwa tsakiyar yankin, mazaunin masu martaba da masu mulki.
A lokacin matakin farko na aikin lNAH, an sami 'yanci kuma an inganta su gine-gine guda biyu a cikin filayen kudu: tsari na 10, tare da bangaren gabas, wanda ya kunshi babban tushe wanda karamin haikalin yake akan sa da kuma dandamali biyu wadanda ke iyakantaccen yanki. daga farfajiyar, wanda shine dalilin da yasa ake la'akari da cewa manyan wuraren buɗe ido zasu iya sadaukar da su don shagulgula.
Wani babban gini a wannan rukunin - 17, wanda yake gefen yamma na Kudu Plaza - an san shi da Las Gemelas saboda keɓaɓɓen abin da yake da shi, tunda ya kasance yana da manyan gine-gine masu kama da juna guda ɗaya a ƙasa. Har ila yau, yana da zagaye na kulawa a cikin wani tsari na pyramidal, satar masu kula a cikin siffar mala'iku waɗanda ke kallon ƙofar
Tana da bakin maciji kusan kusan mita uku, wanda ke ba mu damar fahimtar tasirin ruhaniya mai ƙarfi, ba kamar sauran wuraren tarihi na zamanin Hispanic ba.
A halin yanzu, ana samun damar ta hanyar babbar hanyar da ke da matukar hadari, don haka gwamnatin jihar tana gab da kammala wani kewaya na kusan kilomita tara da zai kai tsaye zuwa irin wannan kyakkyawar hanyar yawon bude ido, wanda yankinsa yake a cikin karamar hukumar Temozón, ban da fa'idantar da waɗanda ke cikin Valladolid da Tizimín, duk a cikin Yucatán, kuma tare da tasirin kai tsaye ga yawan mazaunan sama da dubu 12.
Source: Mexico da ba a sani ba A'a. 324 / Fabrairu 2004
