Chichen Itza Mexico
About Chichen Itza Ruins
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Chichén Itzá Basic Info
Chichén Itzá, a Mayan archaeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula, served as the political and economic center of the Mayan civilization between 750 and 1200 A.D. Its stunning buildings which remain standing today are demonstrative of the Mayas' extraordinary commitment to architectural space and composition, as well as their vast astronomical knowledge. Chichén Itzá was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. It has been selected as one of the New 7 World Wonders.
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Twice a year, on March 21 and September 21, the sun makes a shadow on the side of the stairs on the North side of El Castillo Pyramid in Chichen Itza forming a snake. This, used to be the sign for the Mayas to start planting the corn. This event is called The Equinox.
The fall [...]
Visitors to Chichen Itza will hear the tour guide talk about “Chac”. There are actually two characters answering to that name. Chaac is the Mayan rain god, portrayed on temple walls at Chichén Itzá, and other ancient cities in the Yucatan such as Uxmal and Kabah, as a mask with a long curling snout, reptilian [...]
Some anthropologists that have studied the presence of a remarkably thick blue layer found at the beginning of the 20th century at the bottom of the Sacred Well at Chichen Itza, say that this blue was the color of sacrifice for the ancient Maya.
They used this pigment to paint human beings blue before they were [...]
A short walk from the Great Plaza is the Sacred Cenote, an impressive and mysterious sinkhole that was once the site of ceremonies to appease Chaac, the Mayan rain god with offerings and human sacrifices. The cenote was dredged in 1904-7 by Edward Thompson, the American Consul to Merida, and by the National Geographic Society [...]
