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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.
The temple was identified by the first Spaniards to see it, as El Castillo ("the castle"), and it regularly is referred to as such. [44] This step pyramid stands about 30 meters (98 ft) high and consists of a series of nine square terraces, each approximately 2.57 meters (8.4 ft) high, with a 6-meter (20 ft) high temple upon the summit.
El Tigre Maya: 55 300 BCE to 100 CE El Puente. Honduras Structure 1 Maya: 12 600 BCE- 900 CE Religious temple Mixco Viejo. Guatemala Maya: 1100 to 1500 CE Tikal. Guatemala Maya: 47 Copán. Honduras Maya: Copán has several overlapping step-pyramids. Becán. Mexico Structure IX Maya: 42 Bonampak. Mexico The Temple of the Murals Maya: 580 to 800 ...
The builders of certain classic Mesoamerican pyramids have decorated them copiously with stories about the Hero Twins, the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl, Mesoamerican creation myths, ritualistic sacrifice, etc. written in the form of Maya script on the rises of the steps of the pyramids, on the walls, and on the sculptures contained within.
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El Castillo (The Castle) also known as Structure 1, is the main structure of El Meco, it is a five-level pyramid with a height of 12.5 meters and a temple at the top, it is also the largest Maya building in the region of the Eastern Coast of Quintana Roo by height. El Castillo temple is built facing the sea coast, being the only Maya temple ...
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