Kabah is a Maya archaeological site in the south-east of the state of Yucatán. It is connected to Uxmal by a grand 18km long, raised pedestrian causeway which is five metres wide and has monumental arches at each end. Kabah is the second largest ruin of the Puuc region, after Uxmal. Most of the architecture now visible was built between the 7th century and the 11th century. A sculpted date on a door jam of one of the buildings gives the date 879, probably around the city's height.

Sightseeing
The most famous structure at Kabah is the "Palace of the Masks", the façade decorated with hundreds of stone masks of the long-nosed rain god Chaac. This massive repetition of a single set of elements is unusual in Maya art, and here is used to unique effect. Masks of the rain god abound on other structures throughout the site. Copal incense has been discovered in some of the stone noses of the rain gods. The site also has a number of other palaces, low stone buildings, and step-pyramid temples.

Getting there
The site is on Mexican highway 261, some 140km south from Mérida, towards Campeche, and is a popular tourism destination. Ruins extend for a considerable distance on both sides of the highway; many of the more distant structures are little visited.