🏛️ Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza — Osario (The Ossuary)
Stepped pyramid temple with internal burial chamber
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 1988)
- Nine-level stepped pyramid with temple summit and internal burial chamber
- Located within Chichen Itza archaeological complex, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
- Postclassic Maya construction (circa 1050–1250 CE)
The Osario, also called the High Priest's Temple or Tomb of the High Priest, is a stepped pyramid within the Chichen Itza archaeological zone. Smaller than the adjacent El Castillo, it shares similar Maya architectural principles and construction techniques. The structure functioned as both a temple and burial monument, with a notable internal chamber that contained human remains and gave the building its name—osario meaning ossuary or bone repository in Spanish ...