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2. El Caracol, Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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   The structure is dated to around AD 906, the Post Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, by the stele on the Upper Platform. [1]It is suggested that the El Caracol was an ancient Mayan observatory building and provided a way for the Mayan people to observe changes in the sky due to the flattened landscape of the Yucatán with no natural markers for this function around Chichen Itza. [2]

3. 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 ...

4. El Castillo, Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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   El Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: [el kas'tiʎo], '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.

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6. Mesoamerican pyramids - Wikipedia

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   El Castillo, Chichen Itza. Mesoamerican pyramids form a prominent part of ancient Mesoamerican architecture.Although similar in some ways to Egyptian pyramids, these New World structures have flat tops (many with temples on the top) and stairs ascending their faces, more similar to ancient Mesopotamian Ziggurats.

7. Maya peoples - Wikipedia

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   Kings of the Sun (1963), the first major motion picture that depicted a part of Maya history, in this case the conquest of Chichen Itza by Hunac Ceel, a famous Maya general. El Norte (film) (1983), one of the first indie films ever produced, about two Maya siblings who immigrate illegally to the U.S. to escape the Maya genocide in Guatemala.

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   Production is underway for the much-anticipated reboot of one of Colombia’s biggest telenovela hits, “Newly Rich, Newly Poor” (“Nuevo Rico, Nuevo Pobre”). It’s been more than 15 years ...

9. Archaeoastronomy - Wikipedia

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   "El Caracol", a possible observatory temple at Chichen Itza The Temple of the Warriors bears iconography depicting feathered serpents associated with Quetzalcoatl or Kukulcan. This means that the building's alignment towards the place on the horizon where Venus first appears in the evening sky (when it coincides with the rainy season) may be ...