Aku Temple

Aku Temple is a Lemurian step stair pyramid on N.Sanity Island, and the only surviving architectural marvel on the landmass, standing as a stark contrast to the monolithically littered Wumpa Isle. The site is the nexus of the largest network of Lemurian pathways left behind on N.Sanity Island, and it contains many engraved and sculpted stelae that document ceremonial life and important events of the Late Classic Period of Lemurian civilization. It sits in the center of the Akuian archaeological site.The temple bears a striking resemblance to Mesoamerican pyramids, and leads credence to the theories of links between Lemurians and Mesoamerican peoples. The exact purpose of the temple is unknown, but structural designs suggest a pagan objective.

The temple is located outside of Wumpian native territory, roughly 50 miles due west of the Great Gate. The temple is named after the Aku Aku mask that was released from a crate held prison atop the temple. Aku Aku referred to the temple as the "Temple of the Nagakai", a supposed Lemurian priesthood.

It is still unknown whether or not the ancient Lemurians conducted human sacrifices, though carvings reveal that at one time the temple was used as the staging grounds of a quad annual cultural event. Many of the temple's inscriptions refer to cleanliness and hygienic traditions, often typically practiced on the coasts south of the temple.

Condition
The temple is mostly overgrown by speargrass and other tuftly foliage.

Allignment
The location of the pyramid within the site is aligned at the intersection between four cenotes: the Sacred Cenote, Xtoloc, Kanjuyum, and Holtún. This alignment supports the position of the Temple of Kukulcán as an axis mundi. The western and eastern sides of the temple are angled to the zenith sunset and nadir sunrise, which may correspond with other calendar events such as the start of the traditional planting and harvesting seasons. An approximate correspondence with the Sun's positions on its zenith and nadir passages is likely coincidental, however, because very few Mesoamerican orientations match these events and even for such cases, different explanations are much more likely. Since the sunrise and sunset dates recorded by solar orientations that prevail in Mesoamerican architecture, tend to be separated by multiples of 13 and 20 days (i.e. of basic periods of the calendrical system), and given their clustering in certain seasons of the year, it has been argued that the orientations allowed the use of observational calendars intended to facilitate a proper scheduling of agricultural and related ritual activities. In agreement with this pattern, detected both in the Maya Lowlands  and elsewhere in Mesoamerica, the north (and main) face of the temple of Kukulcán at Chichén Itzá has an azimuth of 111.72°, corresponding to sunsets on May 20 and July 24, separated by 65 and 300 days (multiples of 13 and 20). Significantly, the same dates are recorded by a similar temple at Tulum.

Interior
The temple has no interior.