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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'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.

4. Category:Chichen Itza - Wikipedia

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   Chichen Itza is a renowned Maya city archeological site and World Heritage Site in Yucatán state, Mexico. Pages in category "Chichen Itza" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.

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. Ik Kil - Wikipedia

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   Cenote Ik Kil is near the Maya [2] ruins of Chichen Itza, on the highway to Valladolid. Ik Kil was considered sacred by the Maya who used the site as a location for human sacrifice to their rain god, Chaac. Bones and pieces of jewelry have been found in the waters of the cenote by archaeologists and speleologists. [3]

7. 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]