Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
El Castillo, (The Castle) 98-foot (almost 30 metres) tall pyramid. The best...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
El Castillo, (The Castle), pyramid seen from the entrance...worth the...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Stairs (91 on each side), steep and high ...before climbing. The majesty and...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
When you are there - remember ...from the steep stairways down which...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Looking down...more and more tourists climbing the steep temple stairways...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Richard, Jeanette and Maria on the top of the El Castillo - (The Castle)...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
....atop (The Castle) is a temple dedicated to Kukulcan (the legendary...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...stone carving at the passageway to temple... Mayans used lime stone...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
I was fascinated by the Mayans craftsmanship in 'almost'...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
from atop (The Castle) our first view of the Temple of the Warriors with a...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
The Temple of Warriors.
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...91 stairs from the west side are steep too. You can see in the...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Columns at the entrance to the temple (dedicated to Kukulcan) on the...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
We are very happy to be there and enjoying the Chichen Itza scenery of the...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Close view to West Colonnade of the Thousand Columns and the Temple of the...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...loking south to the famous Ball Court. To the right : Platform of...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...again the same view as shown on previous picture... this time...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
approaching the Ball Court...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
(looking north) from the field of the Ball Court toward The Castle...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
from the passegway of the Ball Court looking directly to the Venus...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...stones and the back wall (south) of the Ball Court. These stones should be...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
The Ball Court. This field is enclosed by two parallel walls, each 83 metres...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
View of the stone ring and wall in the Ball Court.
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...close up of the stone ring...the game played here was similar to...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Tzompantli, stone platform carved with rows of human skulls. You can see here...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
Next to the Tzompantli is another platform with this stone carving.
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
continuation of stone carving
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...here a human heart of a sacrified victim was left for the jaguars to eat....
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...again view of the top of the Castle pyramid...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
...one more picture of the Castle pyramid...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
In the spring and fall equinoxes the afternoon light and shadow strike one of...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
... the shadow creates the image of the snake with his head in full sunlight....
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
This photo is by Hildegunn and Jarl, our friends from Norway. Our adventures...
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Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
This photo is by Jarl from Norway. Today (Dec. 17th, 2001) received by email....
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