Which Maya site features the Temple of the Seven Dolls?

The Maya site featuring the Temple of the Seven Dolls is Dzibilchaltun, in the northern Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. The temple is the site’s most recognizable structure and is also known as the Temple of the Sun.

The name “Seven Dolls” comes from seven small clay figurines discovered inside the building during archaeological excavations. The temple has a distinctive square design with doorways aligned along an east–west axis. At the equinoxes, the rising Sun appears through the eastern doorway, creating the dramatic illumination for which the site is famous.

Dzibilchaltun was one of the longest-occupied Maya settlements, with evidence of habitation extending across many centuries. A broad sacbe, or raised white road, connects the temple with the central ceremonial area. The site also contains the Xlakah water reservoir, plazas, carved monuments, and a later Spanish chapel. The Seven Dolls temple is not at Edzna, Uxmal, or Chichen Itza, although each of those sites has important monumental architecture of its own.