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  2. Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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    Elaborate stone facades in Chichen Itza's "Monjas" complex in 1902. The Maya name "Chichen Itza" means "At the mouth of the well of the Itza." This derives from chi', meaning "mouth" or "edge", and chʼen or chʼeʼen, meaning "well". Itzá is the name of an ethnic-lineage group that gained political and economic dominance of the northern ...

  3. El Castillo, Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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    El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiÊŽo], 'the Castle'), also known as the Temple of Kukulcan is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building is more formally designated by archaeologists as Chichen Itza Structure 5B18.

  4. Pisté, Yucatán - Wikipedia

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    Pisté is a village in Tinum Municipality in the center of Yucatán State, Mexico.It is best known for the Mayan archaeological site Chichen Itza and the cenote Ik Kil. Fed 180 connects Pisté to Valladolid, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) away, and Mérida, the capital of Yucatán, about 111 kilometres (69 mi) away.

  5. Tourism in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The beaches and nightlife of Cancun make it a popular tourist destination "The Castle" of Chichen Itza, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Yucatán View on the Copper Canyon (barranca del cobre) in Chihuahua, Mexico Bioparque Estrella, a park and zoo in the State of Mexico Los Pinos, now a cultural space, Mexico City

  6. List of Maya sites - Wikipedia

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    Chichen Itza (Uuc Yabnal) Yucatán, Mexico: Chichen Itza was one of the largest Maya cities and was a major focal point in the northern Maya lowlands from the Late Classic through to the Early Postclassic period and that demonstrated a variety of Maya and non-Maya architectural styles. [7] Chunchucmil: Yucatán, Mexico

  7. Incidents of Travel in Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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    This original ethnographic video depicts how New Agers, the Mexican state, tourists, and 1920s archaeologists all contend to “clear” the site of the antique Maya city of Chichen Itza in order to produce their own idealized and unobstructed visions of “Maya” while the local Maya themselves struggle to occupy the site as vendors and artisans.

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