Uxmal - Temple I

On the west side at the base of the pyramid it is possible to see the foundations of Temple I, the oldest of the buildings. A date chiselled into a door lintel reveals the building's inception to have been ad 569. The façade, richly decorated mainly with masks of Chac, the Maya rain god, also has the famous sculpture known as the "Queen of Uxmal". This figure, which depicts a tattooed priest's head caught in the jaws of a snake, is now to be found in the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.