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Zamá, the original name of this archaeological zone which means "dawn" in reference to the site's position facing east across the sea, was first established in the 6th century. The sun has witnessed its history in the Caribbean Sea on the eastern Maya coast. It was an important religious and commercial center for trade goods from the 11th to the 16th centuries, with a strategic location near the sea, in one of the most evocative ancient sites in Mexico.

The name Tulum was given upon the arrival of the Spanish and means "wall," as this site is built on a limestone cliff surrounded on three sides by fortified walls. Guarded by a magnificent jungle backdrop, an essential and substantial component of the meaningful and transcendental universe of the pre-Columbian Maya, the site survived the widespread Maya collapse and was largely left untouched by the Spanish.