Stepped pyramid of El Castillo at Chichen Itza. Photo credit: James Stephen Strickland.
‚Temple of the Warriors‘ at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, before all the trees were cleared away.
Latitude 20.684285. Longitude -88.567783. In the north of the Yu-catan Peninsula, Mexico, South America, lie the ancient ruins of the Mayan city of ‚Chichen Itza‘ (meaning „at the mouth of the well of the Itza“), which is located in Tinúm Municipality (Yucatan State) some 38 kilometers (24 miles) to the west of Valladolid on the 180 road – just to the southeast of the village of Piste. This remarkable, and quite mysterious site, is a large complex of Mayan temples, halls, strange beast sculptures, human-figure statues (there is a reclining stone figure of Chac Mool at the Temple of the Warriors), and also carved walls, and, in the centre of the court-yard is the stepped pyramid of ‚El Castillo‘ (also called the…
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