Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Chechen Itza, Mexico
P.S. Look for the tour guide that is trying to show how to run down stairs but falling down from 1/4 of the hight. He was taking out by the ambulance with broken bones.
Temple of Kukulcan
Each of the structure's four stairways contain 91 steps. When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The fate of the Mayan people of Chichen Itza remains a mystery to this day. One of the most visited, studied and controversial ruins of the Mayan world, the city was abandoned by the Itzaes tribe around 1250 A.D. – long before the Spanish Conquistadores landed – for reasons still not completely understood. However, the site in Yucatan is a magnificent combination of awe-inspiring granduer and nature, and a perfect example of Mayan architecture and myth. The Castle of Kukulcan is the spectacular high point of the city, and is a marvel in itself. The numbers of its different measurements relate to digits in the Mayan solar calendar and every year during the equinox – revealing the profound and mystical knowledge of the Mayans – illustrates the descending to earth of the god Kukulcan in a light and shadow phenomenon that attracts visitors from all over the world. Mathematical perfection, unrivaled acoustics and mythical genius made the Mayans the most advanced civilization of the ancient world, and these characteristics can be seen and felt today, in the ruins of Chichen Itza…
Chechen Itza, Mexico
P.S. Look for the tour guide that is trying to show how to run down stairs but falling down from 1/4 of the hight. He was taking out by the ambulance with broken bones.
Temple of Kukulcan
Each of the structure's four stairways contain 91 steps. When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The fate of the Mayan people of Chichen Itza remains a mystery to this day. One of the most visited, studied and controversial ruins of the Mayan world, the city was abandoned by the Itzaes tribe around 1250 A.D. – long before the Spanish Conquistadores landed – for reasons still not completely understood. However, the site in Yucatan is a magnificent combination of awe-inspiring granduer and nature, and a perfect example of Mayan architecture and myth. The Castle of Kukulcan is the spectacular high point of the city, and is a marvel in itself. The numbers of its different measurements relate to digits in the Mayan solar calendar and every year during the equinox – revealing the profound and mystical knowledge of the Mayans – illustrates the descending to earth of the god Kukulcan in a light and shadow phenomenon that attracts visitors from all over the world. Mathematical perfection, unrivaled acoustics and mythical genius made the Mayans the most advanced civilization of the ancient world, and these characteristics can be seen and felt today, in the ruins of Chichen Itza…