Posts Tagged Chichen Itza
You can live the fascinating experience of the Spring Equinox 2010 in the ruins of Chichen Itza archaeological site each year. The equinox at Chichen Itza is a unique phenomenon in the world. On one of the balustrades of the stairs of the Kukulcan pyramid, a light and shadow effect simulates a Feathered Serpent, who represents [...]
An equinox is either of the two moments in the year when the sun is exactly over the Equator and the day and night are exactly the same length. Both solstices and equinoxes are simply stages of Earth’s orbit around the sun.
On December 21 we entered the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, the shortest [...]
In the 10th and 11th centuries, the ruins at Chichen Itza archaeological Site were occcupied by the ancient Mayas and dominated a trade network stretching from central Mexico to eastern Honduras and beyond. Artifacts found in tombs at the site and in the Sacred Cenote over the years have provided archaeologists with important information on [...]
A Mayan legend tells of an alliance between Uxmal, Chichén Itzá and Mayapán that was shattered when Lord Kanek, ruler of Chichén Itzá, kidnapped Princess Sac Nicte, daughter of the Lord of Mayapán, on the day of her marriage to the Prince of Uxmal. According to the ancient story, in the mayhem that followed the [...]
