Tulum
- The ancient “city of Zama” (“Sunrise,” in Maya) was what is now known as Tulum (which means “wall” in Mayan), referring to the wall that surrounds it.
- Like Chichen Itza, was a city dedicated to the planet Venus, considered a dual deity named Kukulcan, god of trade and cocoa.
- After the Conquest, the Spanish imposed forced labor on the indigenous population, so they gradually left Tulum. The city, once abandoned, was covered by the vegetation