Edzna: Ancient Maya City With Sophisticated Underground System Of Canals To Control Unpredictable Floods

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Edzná is an ancient place that was populated in 400 BC and abandoned c. 1500 AD.  It is a Maya archaeological site in the north of the Mexican state of Campeche.

Much of what is known about Edzná and its historical chronology originates from the engravings on the discovered stelae.

However, it is not enough to uncover all the secrets of this ancient site, and therefore, the decline and eventual abandonment of Edzná remains a mystery.

The place’s name comes from an old Mayan-Yucatec word, probably referring to the “Itzáes,” an ethnic group of Guatemala associated with the Maya people. So, one can say that in this case, Edzna’s name would mean “House of the Itzáes.” There is also another possibility that Edzna means “House of the Echo” since a specific acoustic phenomenon occurs between certain main buildings at the site.

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