Kabah - Arch of Kabah

(Local Name: Arco de Kabah) West of the road stands the fine Arch of Kabah (Arco de Kabah), a notable example of the corbelled or "false" arch so typical of Maya architecture, formed by allowing each successive course of stone on either side of the opening to project over the one below until they meet at the top. This undecorated arch was presumably the entrance to the main cult centre, and there was probably a sacbé ("white road") leading through the arch to Uxmal. These Maya ceremonial highways, constructed of limestone with a cement surface, stood between 0.50m (1.5ft) and 2.50 m (8 ft) above the ground and were an average of 4.50 m (15 ft) wide.

In the western part of Kabah will be found a largely unexcavated area containing the Great Temple (Gran Teocalli), the Western Quadrangle (Cuadrángulo del Oeste) and the Temple of the Lintels (Templo de los Dinteles).