[DCPatriot]

Postclassical Mayan city of Tulum in the Yucatan, which Gibson's fictional city resembles sitewise, fell to revolt at least 50 years before the arrival of the Spanish

I've been to the Tulum ruins.

That village in the film in no way resembled the Tulum ruins.

The pyramid/temple staircase heights in the film were very steep and had about 100 steps. The highest staircase in Tulum is about 24 steps.

[TheBattman]

From the video clips I have seen, the Mayan city depicted in this movie most closely resembles Tikal in Guatemala, but unfortunately, that isn't located near the sea...

And yes, I have been to Tulum as well. It's been five and a half years ago. Although the ruins are nowhere near as spectacular, the view from the cliff is breathtaking.

[lentulusgracchus]

Thanks for posting.

You might notice my limiting adverb, "sitewise".

Yes, the pyramid more resembles the big one (which I haven't seen in person) at Coba, which is farther inland than Tulum. And the pyramid and other main buildings appeared to be architecturally up to the standards of the classical Mayan cities, whereas Tulum is not.

Thanks for the photo of the Mexican conservators' marker, which is newer than my visit (in 1980) and gives the original name of the city, Zama' or Zoma' (can't quite make it out on my 12" 800x600 VGA+ screen, thanks to the font they used).