Chichen Itza On Your Own
Unlike many other ancient civilizations, the ancient Maya have resisted the passage of time, and many of them have proudly remained and pertain today to a modern Maya culture. Thanks to today’s Mayas is how we know about beliefs, traditions and what kind of eating habits their Maya ancestors had.
The main ingredients of the Maya [...]
The expansion and severe contraction periods of a great boom followed by periods of cyclical collapse characterize the history of Maya lowlands. Many theories about the disappearance of the Mayan civilization are counterposed, some researchers suggest that Mayas may have been down to environmental factors, starvation, dehydration, disease, social disintegration, climate conditions, migration, war and [...]
A labyrinth of caves and underground rivers lies deep in the heart of the limestone landscape of the Yucatán. In ancient times, cenotes or sinkholes, which form when cave roofs weaken and subside, were the only source of fresh water for area inhabitants and settlements were located near these natural wells.
Apart from being a life-giving [...]
Because Chichen Itza is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Because Chichen Itza has been declared as a World Heritage Site, by UNESCO.
Because Chichen Itza architecture is so well studied and measured that it experiences an unusual phenomenon every year, during the spring equinox. The sunrays falling in the pyramid create a shadow down [...]
