zoals de Tempel van de Krijgers – El Castillo – en het ronde observatorium bekend als El Caracol. The second settlement of Chichen-Itza, and the most important for historians, corresponded to the ...

Chichén Itzá is famous for its iconic Pyramid of ... and the observatory known as El Caracol. There are also less-visited cenotes (Cenote Sagrado and Cenote Xtoloc) at the site that are worth ...

The fusion of Mayan construction techniques with new elements from central Mexico make Chichen-Itza one of the most important ... such as the Warriors’ Temple, El Castillo and the circular observatory ...

The Maya worshipped a feathered serpent god Kulkulcán, or Quetzalcóatl. Legend claims that an ancient ruler, Kulkulcán, founded the Maya city of Chichén Itzá. There are several versions of this story.

The fact that the cenote is directly northwest of the main staircase of El Castillo, the famous central pyramid of Chichén Itzá, and within that mysterious city’s urban limits, made de Anda ...

Now archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended from Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán to Copán, about 400 miles to the south in modern-day Honduras. Each bore ceremonial ...

as he began to scale El Castillo, at Chichén Itzá in Mexico. Other tourists gathered at the bottom as they shouted and filmed him on their mobile phones. A security guard also climbed the ...

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With shouts and cries of “jail, jail, jail”, “lock her up” and “sacrifice, sacrifice”, the crowd, gathered in the esplanade of Chichén Itzá, expressed their anger “because this ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Visit El Mestizo, about 3.5 miles from Chichén Itzá, for an authentic Mexican lunch after touring the archeological site. I recommend ordering the pollo adobado ...