Chichen Itza Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During archaeological works at Chichen Itza, Mexico, scientists discovered the sculpted head of an ancient warrior wearing a helmet shaped like a feathered
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An ancient Atlantean sculpture with arms raised has been discovered during works preparing a road that will lead to a new section of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pyramids and temples of the ancient world were precisely aligned with the direction of the rising or setting sun, moon, star, or planet on
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - "Chac Mool" (chacmool, or chaacmol) is one of Mexico's most famous Pre-Columbian statues. Chac-Mool altars are generally found at the entrance to Toltec temples
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Atlantean statues of Tula are four anthropomorphic characters representing ancient warriors who followed a Mesoamerican god king Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent. Quetzalcoatl represented
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Gran Coclé culture emerged in what is now the Panamanian province of Coclé, near the Santa Marta River. There is extraordinary archaeological
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Archaeoastronomy
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ancient astronomical observatories can be found on both American continents and elsewhere. Ancient people who built ziggurats, temples, and observatories, aligned them to exact
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to the Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel, Hunac Ceel, ruler of Mayapan, conquered Chichén Itzá in the 13th century. Archaeological data, on the other
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The largest and most important structure of Chichen Itza is the KukulcanTemple (also known as ‘The Castle’ – El Castillo). It is the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Known under several different names, Kukulkan (also Kukulcan), the Feathered Serpent, was one of the most important gods in Mesoamerica. Left: Ballcourt marker from
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya site Tulum is the Yucatan Mayan word for ‘fence, trench or wall’ but it also has another name ‘Zama’, meaning
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - “Chac Mool” (chacmool) is one of the most famous ancient statues throughout Mexico and it has been seen in many important ancient places. 'Chacmool'
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